prescribe

verb ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about prescribe at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. Issue commands or orders for.
2. Recommend as beneficial.

   my mother prescribes a good night's sleep as the cure for all ills

3. (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription.

   the doctor prescribed steroids for my ear trouble