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praescribere
Latin · ancient
"to write beforehand, to lay down rules"
to write before, to lay down in advance, from prae- (before) and scribere (to write)
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Stage 2 of 2
prescribe
English · 1400s
"to recommend a treatment, or to lay down a rule"
settled as the English word for recommending a treatment, or laying down a rule
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