- (n.) A direction of a remedy or of remedies for a disease, and the manner of using them; a medical recipe; also, a prescribed remedy.
- (n.) The act of prescribing, directing or dictating; direction; precept; also, that which is prescribed.
- (n.) A prescribing for title; the claim of title to a thing by virtue immemorial use and enjoyment; the right or title acquired by possession had during the time and in the manner fixed by law.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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