Prescribe vs Proscribe

Prescribe vs Proscribe


Prescribe – is a verb and is defined as an advice and authorise the use of a medicine or treatment for someone, especially in writing.

a. The doctor prescribed a few medicines to recover from anxiety.
b. He is a good doctor and may prescribe you some good medicines to recuperate from viral fever and throat infection.

State authoritatively or as a rule that should be carried out, it could be an action or procedure.

a. The prescribed form must be completed and returned to the office.
b. The syllabus prescribes precisely which books should be studied.

Proscribe – to say officially that something is banned.

a. The government recently released the list of proscribed organisations.
b. Strikes remain proscribed in the armed forces.

Read the following sentences and fill in the blanks with the right word.

1. The best that can be said is that they do not altogether ____________ it.

a. Prescribe
b. Proscribe
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ANSWER: Proscribe



2. If your symptoms do not improve, your doctor may ____________ an inhaler to open your airways.

a. Prescribe
b. Proscribe
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ANSWER: Prescribe



3. No society can legally ____________ the profanation of the scared and call itself completely free.

a. Proscribe
b. Prescribe
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ANSWER: Proscribe



4. It is quite easy to judge and ____________ policies from a distance.

a. Proscribe
b. Prescribe
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ANSWER: Prescribe



5. They don’t ____________ all modern acquisitions as part of a system of belief.

a. Proscribe
b. Prescribe
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ANSWER: Proscribe


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