Ascribe vs. Prescribe
Ascribeverb
(transitive) To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
Ascribeverb
(transitive) To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.
Ascribeverb
To believe in or agree with; subscribe.
Ascribeverb
To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author.
Ascribeverb
To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong.
Ascribeverb
attribute or credit to;
Ascribeverb
regard something as being due to (a cause)
Ascribeverb
regard a text, quotation, or work of art as being produced by or belonging to (a particular person or period)
Ascribeverb
regard a quality as belonging to
Prescribeverb
To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
Prescribeverb
To specify as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
Prescribeverb
To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.
Prescribeverb
To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.
Prescribeverb
To give directions; to dictate.
Prescribeverb
To influence by long use
Prescribeverb
To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.
Prescribeverb
To claim by prescription; to claim a title to a thing on the ground of immemorial use and enjoyment, that is, by a custom having the force of law.
Prescribeverb
issue commands or orders for
Prescribeverb
(of a medical practitioner) advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for someone, especially in writing
Prescribeverb
recommend (a substance or action) as something beneficial
Prescribeverb
state authoritatively or as a rule that (an action or procedure) should be carried out
