Proscribe vs. Prescribe

Proscribeverb

(transitive) To forbid or prohibit.

Proscribeverb

(transitive) To denounce.

Proscribeverb

(transitive) To banish or exclude.

Proscribeverb

To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.

Proscribeverb

To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters.

Proscribeverb

command against;

Proscribeverb

forbid, especially by law

Proscribeverb

denounce or condemn

Proscribeverb

outlaw (someone)

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