to prescribe
verb/ʁɨsɐjˈtaɾ/medium
re·cei·tar
Definition
To authorize the use of a medicine or treatment by issuing a prescription.
The doctor prescribed antibiotics for her bronchitis.
Only a licensed physician can prescribe this drug.
Common collocations
prescribe medicationprescribe antibioticsprescribe a treatment
Etymology
Do latim 'receptare', frequentativo de 'recipere' ('receber').