prescribing
- 1Present participle and gerund of prescribe.
The physician is prescribing antibiotics for the stubborn infection.
Prescribing such strong painkillers requires careful clinical judgment.
Note
The -ing form does two jobs, and the silent e of prescribe drops to make it. After be it is the progressive verb (is prescribing antibiotics). At the head of a clause it is a gerund naming the act itself (prescribing painkillers requires judgment). Either way it keeps every meaning of the verb: ordering a drug for a patient, laying down a rule, and, in law, claiming a right by prescription or lapsing by it.
prescribing is a form of prescribe
prescribe, verb: To order a drug or medical device for a particular patient, acting under licensed medical authority. Full entry
- Forms
- prescribeprescribes he/she/itprescribing -ing formprescribed past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- prescribe → prescribing: drop the e, add -ing
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