Definition of "prescribing" []

• Present participle of prescribe. (verb)

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• "The general public is also subject to off-label prescribing, which is considered legal."
• "In other words, I am arguing that the operation of federal prison systems is quite necessary and proper generally, and that Congress has tremendous freedom in prescribing rules for this."
• "I agree with Jonathan Mayhew that for literary study "Mere 'appreciation' seems a little cloying, a little narrow, in prescribing an attitude of silent awe.""