acupressure | (noun) treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body | Synonyms: G-Jo, shiatsu |
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adpressed | (adjective) pressed close to or lying flat against something | Synonyms: appressed |
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antidepressant | (noun) any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects | Synonyms: antidepressant drug |
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appressed | (adjective) pressed close to or lying flat against something | Synonyms: adpressed |
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ciderpress | (noun) a press that is used to extract the juice from apples | - |
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clothespress | (noun) a closet where clothes are stored | Synonyms: clothes closet |
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compress | (noun) a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever) | - |
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(verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, constrict, contract, press, squeeze |
(verb) make more compact by or as if by pressing | Synonyms: compact, pack together |
compressed | (adjective) pressed tightly together | Synonyms: tight |
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(adjective) reduced in volume by pressure | - |
(adjective) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) | Synonyms: flat |
compressibility | (noun) the property of being able to occupy less space | Synonyms: sponginess, squeezability |
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compressible | (adjective) capable of being compressed or made more compact | - |
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(adjective) capable of being easily compressed | Synonyms: squeezable |
compressing | (noun) applying pressure | Synonyms: compression |
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compression | (noun) applying pressure | Synonyms: compressing |
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(noun) encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required | - |
(noun) the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together | Synonyms: condensation, contraction |
(noun) an increase in the density of something | Synonyms: compaction, concretion, densification |
compressor | (noun) a mechanical device that compresses gasses | - |
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(noun) an electronic device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal. | - |
cypress | (noun) any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones | Synonyms: cypress tree |
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(noun) wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus | - |
decompress | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind |
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(verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: depressurise, depressurize |
(verb) restore to its uncompressed form | Synonyms: uncompress |
decompressing | (noun) relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) | Synonyms: decompression |
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decompression | (noun) relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) | Synonyms: decompressing |
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(noun) restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display | - |
depress | (verb) lessen the activity or force of | - |
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(verb) press down | Synonyms: press down |
(verb) cause to drop or sink | Synonyms: lower |
(verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, dismay, dispirit, get down |
(verb) lower (prices or markets) | - |
depressant | (adjective) capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent | - |
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(noun) a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person | Synonyms: downer, sedative, sedative drug |
depressed | (adjective) filled with melancholy and despondency | Synonyms: blue, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low-spirited, low |
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(adjective) lower than previously | Synonyms: down |
(adjective) flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces | - |
depressing | (adjective) causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | Synonyms: cheerless, uncheerful |
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depressingly | (adverb) in a depressing manner or to a depressing degree | - |
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depression | (noun) pushing down | - |
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(noun) sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | - |
(noun) a sunken or depressed geological formation | Synonyms: natural depression |
(noun) angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) | - |
(noun) a concavity in a surface produced by pressing | Synonyms: impression, imprint |
(noun) a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity | - |
(noun) an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation | Synonyms: low |
(noun) a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment | Synonyms: economic crisis, slump |
(noun) a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention | Synonyms: clinical depression, depressive disorder |
depressive | (noun) someone suffering psychological depression | - |
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depressor | (noun) a device used by physician to press a part down or aside | - |
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(noun) any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down | Synonyms: depressor muscle |
(noun) any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves | Synonyms: depressor nerve |
depressurise | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurize |
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depressurize | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurise |
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empress | (noun) a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor | - |
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encopresis | (noun) involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness | - |
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espresso | (noun) strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans | - |
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express | (adjective) not tacit or implied | - |
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(adjective) without unnecessary stops | - |
(noun) rapid transport of goods | Synonyms: expressage |
(noun) public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops | Synonyms: limited |
(noun) mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system | Synonyms: express mail |
(adverb) by express | - |
(verb) articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise | Synonyms: give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize |
(verb) give expression to | Synonyms: evince, show |
(verb) serve as a means for expressing something | Synonyms: carry, convey |
(verb) indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. | Synonyms: state |
(verb) send by rapid transport or special messenger service | - |
(verb) obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action | Synonyms: extract, press out |
(verb) manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait) | - |
expressage | (noun) rapid transport of goods | Synonyms: express |
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expressed | (adjective) precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication | Synonyms: explicit |
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(adjective) communicated in words | Synonyms: uttered, verbalised, verbalized, voiced |
expressible | (adjective) capable of being expressed | - |
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expression | (noun) the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing | - |
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(noun) the feelings expressed on a person's face | Synonyms: aspect, face, facial expression, look |
(noun) a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | Synonyms: locution, saying |
(noun) the style of expressing yourself | Synonyms: formulation |
(noun) expression without words | Synonyms: manifestation, reflection, reflexion |
(noun) a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement | Synonyms: formula |
(noun) the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions | Synonyms: verbal expression, verbalism |
(noun) a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit | Synonyms: construction, grammatical construction |
(noun) (genetics) the process of expressing a gene | - |
expressionism | (noun) an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality | - |
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expressionist | (adjective) of or relating to expressionism | Synonyms: expressionistic |
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(noun) an artist who is an adherent of expressionism | - |
expressionistic | (adjective) of or relating to expressionism | Synonyms: expressionist |
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expressionless | (adjective) deliberately impassive in manner | Synonyms: deadpan, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive |
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expressive | (adjective) performing gestures or possessing qualities or features that suggest a certain state of being or emotion | - |
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(adjective) characterized by expression | - |
expressively | (adverb) with expression; in an expressive manner | - |
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expressiveness | (noun) the quality of being expressive | - |
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expressly | (adverb) with specific intentions; for the express purpose | - |
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expressway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
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immunosuppressant | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
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immunosuppressed | (adjective) of persons whose immune response is inadequate | - |
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immunosuppression | (noun) lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer) | - |
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immunosuppressive | (adjective) of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression | - |
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(noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
immunosuppressor | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug |
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impresario | (noun) a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments | Synonyms: promoter, showman |
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impress | (noun) the act of coercing someone into government service | Synonyms: impressment |
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(verb) dye (fabric) before it is spun | Synonyms: yarn-dye |
(verb) produce or try to produce a vivid impression of | Synonyms: ingrain, instill |
(verb) mark or stamp with or as if with pressure | Synonyms: imprint |
(verb) take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship | Synonyms: shanghai |
(verb) reproduce by printing | Synonyms: print |
(verb) impress positively | - |
(verb) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | Synonyms: affect, move, strike |
impressed | (adjective) deeply or markedly affected or influenced | - |
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impressible | (adjective) easily impressed or influenced | Synonyms: impressionable, waxy |
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impression | (noun) an impressionistic portrayal of a person | - |
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(noun) the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another | - |
(noun) (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster | - |
(noun) an outward appearance | Synonyms: effect |
(noun) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed | Synonyms: belief, feeling, notion, opinion |
(noun) a clear and telling mental image | Synonyms: mental picture, picture |
(noun) a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving | Synonyms: stamp |
(noun) all the copies of a work printed at one time | Synonyms: printing |
(noun) a concavity in a surface produced by pressing | Synonyms: depression, imprint |
impressionable | (adjective) easily impressed or influenced | Synonyms: impressible, waxy |
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impressionist | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of Impressionism | Synonyms: impressionistic |
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(noun) an artist who follows the theories of Impressionism | - |
impressionistic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of Impressionism | Synonyms: impressionist |
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(adjective) of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning | - |
impressive | (adjective) making a strong or vivid impression | - |
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(adjective) producing a strong effect | Synonyms: telling |
impressively | (adverb) in an impressive manner | Synonyms: imposingly |
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impressiveness | (noun) splendid or imposing in size or appearance | Synonyms: grandness, magnificence, richness |
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(noun) the quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind | - |
impressment | (noun) the act of coercing someone into government service | Synonyms: impress |
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incompressibility | (noun) the property of being incompressible | - |
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incompressible | (adjective) incapable of being compressed; resisting compression | - |
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inexpressible | (adjective) defying expression | Synonyms: unexpressible |
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inexpressibly | (adverb) to an inexpressible degree | Synonyms: indescribably, ineffably, unspeakably, unutterably |
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inexpressive | (adjective) not expressive | - |
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inexpressively | (adverb) without expression; in an inexpressive manner | - |
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irrepressibility | (noun) irrepressible liveliness and good spirit | Synonyms: buoyancy |
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irrepressible | (adjective) impossible to repress or control | Synonyms: uncontrollable |
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letterpress | (noun) printing from a plate with raised characters | Synonyms: relief printing |
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lypressin | (noun) an antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor used to treat diabetes insipidus | - |
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misrepresent | (verb) represent falsely | Synonyms: belie |
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(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception | Synonyms: cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, wangle |
misrepresentation | (noun) a willful perversion of facts | Synonyms: falsification |
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(noun) a misleading falsehood | Synonyms: deceit, deception |
misrepresented | (adjective) having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented | Synonyms: distorted, perverted, twisted |
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neoexpressionism | (noun) an art movement based on expressionism; developed in 1980s in Europe and United States; crudely drawn garish paintings | - |
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nonprescription | (adjective) purchasable without a doctor's prescription | Synonyms: over-the-counter |
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nonrepresentational | (adjective) of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature | - |
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nonrepresentative | (adjective) not standing for something else | Synonyms: unsymbolic |
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omnipresence | (noun) the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once) | Synonyms: ubiquitousness, ubiquity |
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omnipresent | (adjective) being present everywhere at once | Synonyms: ubiquitous |
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oppress | (verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority | Synonyms: crush, suppress |
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(verb) cause to suffer | Synonyms: persecute |
oppressed | (adjective) burdened psychologically or mentally | Synonyms: laden |
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oppression | (noun) the act of subjugating by cruelty | Synonyms: subjugation |
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(noun) a feeling of being oppressed | Synonyms: oppressiveness |
(noun) the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: | - |
oppressive | (adjective) marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior | Synonyms: tyrannical, tyrannous |
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(adjective) weighing heavily on the senses or spirit | - |
oppressively | (adverb) in a heavy and oppressive way | - |
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oppressiveness | (noun) unwelcome burdensome difficulty | Synonyms: burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness |
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(noun) a feeling of being oppressed | Synonyms: oppression |
oppressor | (noun) a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures | - |
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overpressure | (noun) a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure | - |
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presage | (noun) a sign of something about to happen | Synonyms: omen, portent, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication |
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(noun) a foreboding about what is about to happen | - |
(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, prognosticate |
presbyope | (noun) a person with presbyopia; someone who is farsighted resulting from the progressive loss with aging of the elasticity of the crystalline lens | - |
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presbyopia | (noun) a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45 | Synonyms: farsightedness |
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presbyopic | (adjective) able to see distant objects clearly | Synonyms: farsighted |
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presbyter | (noun) an elder in the Presbyterian Church | - |
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presbytery | (noun) building reserved for the officiating clergy | - |
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preschool | (noun) an educational institution for children too young for elementary school | - |
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preschooler | (noun) a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten | Synonyms: kindergartener, kindergartner |
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prescience | (noun) the power to foresee the future | Synonyms: prevision |
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prescient | (adjective) perceiving the significance of events before they occur | - |
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presciently | (adverb) with foresight | Synonyms: cannily |
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prescribe | (verb) issue commands or orders for | Synonyms: dictate, order |
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(verb) (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription | - |
(verb) recommend as beneficial | - |