Does Prescribed Mean Forbidden?

Just what the doctor ordered (or forbade you from doing). Prescribe means to instruct or dictate a rule for others to follow. A doctor prescribes medicine for treatment. Proscribe, although it sounds similar, is the opposite and means to forbid something.

What does prescribed mean in legal terms?

1 if it is expressly provided for by statute or regulation, or results by necessary implication from the terms of a statute or regulation or from its operating requirements. The limit may also result from the application of a common law rule.

What do you mean by prescribed?

1a : to lay down as a guide, direction, or rule of action : ordain. b : to specify with authority. 2 : to designate or order the use of as a remedy prescribed a painkiller a prescribed burn to restore natural forest conditions. Other Words from prescribe Synonyms Proscribe vs.