Prescribe

pre-skrib', v. t. [-scribed (-skrlbd'), -scribing.] To lay down authoritatively for rection, appoint, order, dictate, ordain, establish. sun, cube, full; moon, fot>t; cow, oil; (Med.) To direct as a remedy to be used by or for a patient. — v. i. To give law, dictate, give directions. (Med.) To write or give medical directions. (Law.) To claim by prescription, or on the ground of immemorial use. — Pre's cript, a. Directed; prescribed. — Prescript'ible. a. Depending or derived from prescription.— Prescrip'tion, n. Act of pren. scribing or directing, or that which is prescribed; esp., the direction of remedies for a disease, and the manner of using them. (law.) The claim of title to a thinsr by virtue of immemorial use and enjoyment. — Prescriptive, -iv, a. Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial use and enjoyment. in Presence, prez'ens, n. State or condition of being present; region in which one is present; approach to face to face; nearne ; neighborhood to one of sun. perior or exalted rank; the person of a superior; a number a embled before a great person; port; mien; air; personal appearance. — Presence of mind. A calm, collected state of the mind, with its faculties under control, esp. in danger or emergency. — Pres'ent, a. Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain limits, etc.; now existing, or in proce ; now in view, or under consideration; ima. mediate instant;; favorably attentive; propitious. — n.