предпи́сывать — meaning in English

English meaning

• dictate verb To say words aloud for someone else to write down.
• enjoin verb To order someone firmly to do something.
• prescribe verb For a doctor or other licensed practitioner to formally order a medicine or treatment for a patient.

Senses

предпи́сывать is used for these senses in English:

• dictate To order, command, control.
• enjoin (transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
• prescribe To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.

dictate — full definition

1. verb To say words aloud for someone else to write down.
2. verb To give orders or lay down terms with authority, often unfairly.
3. noun An authoritative command or requirement.

enjoin — full definition

1. verb To order someone firmly to do something.
2. verb To set something down as an official rule that must be followed.
3. verb To stop someone from doing something by a court order.

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