“Prescribe means “to set down authoritatively for direction” or “to set down a medical procedure in order to cure or alleviate symptoms.” The noun form is prescription, that is, something prescribed. Proscribe means “prohibit or limit” or “ostracize or avoid in a social sense”
Proscribe or prescribe?
“Prescribe means “to set down authoritatively for direction” or “to set down a medical procedure in order to cure or alleviate symptoms.” The noun form is prescription, that is, something prescribed. Proscribe means “prohibit or limit” or “ostracize or avoid in a social sense”
Yep, I meant it in the correct fashion :) Prescribe would imply the opposite of what the paper said.