Some sentence examples which use the word 'prescribe'
The doctor prescribed some pills to help me to sleep.
In 1694 the apothecaries had increased from 114 to nearly 1000, and many of them, having acquired a knowledge of the uses of medicine, began to prescribe medicines for their customers and to assume the functions of the physician, who retorted in 1697 by establishing dispensaries, where medicines could be procured at their intrinsic value, or at cost price.
Fourteen preScribe some sort of educational qualification.