prescribedadj.
/prᵻˈskrʌɪbd/, U.S. /priˈskraɪbd/, /prəˈskraɪbd/ 1. Laid down or fixed beforehand; ordained, appointed, decreed; set, defined.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > ordaining, prescribing, or appointing > ordained, prescribed, or appointed
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stinteda1513
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c1503 R. Arnold Chron. sig. liv It was declared by the Mayre and thader men for an olde prescribed Custum of the Cyte aforesayde.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. ii. sig. Vv.v/2 They are said to repent, which after a prescribed manner of punishment doe penaunce for their sinnes.
a1610 J. Healey tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) 49 To drink no colde water nor wine, but at prescribed seasons.
a1699 T. Comber Hist. Liturgies in Compan. Temple (1702) II. 81 All Establisht Protestant Churches do approve, and use prescribed Forms.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 276 Two of them seizing each prescribed Criminal.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxvi. 571 In this march..the cavalry are obliged to climb the hills..and to wind through the vallies, without interrupting the prescribed order of their gradual progress.
1813 R. Wilson Let. 22 May (1861) I. Appendix II 453 The advanced guard..commenced its prescribed movement on Reichenbach.
1863 E. V. Neale Analogy Thought & Nature 193 Within its prescribed limits, and under its prescribed conditions, the operations of instinct are certain.
1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 13 June 17 I received their report by post. It certainly covered all the prescribed ground.
1987 R. Ellmann Oscar Wilde i. 21 He did not cram for examinations, and read the prescribed texts for pleasure.
2003 R. Taylor How to read Church 178 A sacrament is an outward act with a prescribed form that confers a special grace on the person who participates in it.
2. Of a remedy or treatment: advised or recommended by a doctor; spec. (of a medicine) available or authorized by a doctor's written prescription.
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1628 R. Hayman To my Reuerend sicke Friend W. G. of Bristoll 49 Both of these phrases fit all those that mell With Physicke Doses, and prescribed dyet.
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. 46 They to the rich prescrib'd Preservatives On costly termes.
1726 R. Blackmore Treat. Spleen & Vapours (new ed.) 126 Opium or Steel are almost always a Part of the prescribed Remedies.
1797 R. Tyler Algerine Captive I. xix. 135 He..weighed off the prescribed dose, to the decimal of a drachm.
1820 J. F. Cooper Precaution I. xvii. 199 He smiled, and took without opposition the prescribed medicines from her hand.
1847 D. P. Thompson Locke Amsden 225 Spurning the further restrictions of prescribed diet, and confinement within, he now came forth from his prison-house.
1902 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 7 535 Refusal to apply the prescribed treatment.
1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 21 Oct. 1012/2 They were able to stay on the prescribed regimen.
2001 Observer 9 Dec. i. 2/4 Addicts will no longer be treated as criminals if they agree to register and inject prescribed heroin in strictly controlled ‘shooting galleries’ under medical supervision.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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