Prescribe, to set down authoritatively for direction: “p. not us our duties,” Lr. I, 1, 279. Used of the directions given by a physician: Wiv. II, 2, 249. R2 I, 1, 154. Tim. V, 4, 84. In Lr. I, 2, 24 Ff --d, Qq and most M. Edd. subscribed.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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