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verb drugs ADV. legally The drug can no longer be legally prescribed. | medically, medicinally PREP. for drugs prescribed for high blood pressure This drug is often prescribed for women with heart trouble. what should/should not be done ADV. narrowly, rigidly, strictly, tightly The curriculum is rigidly prescribed from an early age. Everything about her life was strictly prescribed (= there were strict rules about what she could and could not do).
Oxford Collocations Dictionary