prescrever
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed (modeled on escrever), from Latin praescrībere, present active infinitive of praescribō.
Verb
prescrever (first-person singular present indicative prescrevo, past participle prescrito)
- (healthcare, transitive) to prescribe (to declare that a drug or treatment should be used by a patient)
- (transitive) to prescribe (to specify a procedure or practice as correct or required)
- Antonym: proscrever
- (criminal law, of a crime, intransitive) to become unprosecutable after a time limit, due to a statute of limitations
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb prescrever
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