2. To influence by long use [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
3. (Med.)
Defn: To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.
4. (Law)
Defn: To claim by prescription; to claim a title to a thing on the ground of immemorial use and enjoyment, that is, by a custom having the force of law.
PRESCRIBER
Pre*scrib"er, n.
Defn: One who prescribes.
PRESCRIPT Pre"script, a. Etym: [L. praescriptus, p. p. of praescribere: cf. F. prescrit. See Prescribe.]
Defn: Directed; prescribed. " A prescript from of words." Jer.
Taylor.
PRESCRIPT
Pre"script, n. Etym: [L. praescriptum: cf. OF. prescript.]