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Yes, prescribe is playable

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"Prescribe" Definition

verb-intransitive

Law To assert a right or title to something on the grounds of prescription.
Law To become invalidated or unenforceable by the process of prescription.
To establish rules, laws, or directions.
To order a medicine or other treatment.

verb-transitive

To order the use of (a medicine or other treatment).
To set down as a rule or guide; enjoin. See Synonyms at dictate.

verb

To lay down a rule .
To claim a title to something by right of .
To write or give medical .
To become by prescription invalid or unenforceable.
To lay down as a guide, direction, or rule of action .

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