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a. That can be described; capable of description. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Described p. pr. & vb. n. Describing. ] [ L. describere, descriptum; de- + scribere to write: cf. OE. descriven, OF. descrivre, F. décrire. See Scribe, and cf. Descry. ] 1. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describes countries and cities. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book. Josh. xviii. 9.

Syn. -- To set forth; represent; delineate; relate; recount; narrate; express; explain; depict; portray; chracterize. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. describens, p. pr. of describere. ] (Geom.) Same as Generatrix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who describes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. e out, out of + scribere to write. ] Drawn outside of; -- used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sides produced. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being described. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an indescribable manner; to a degree impossible to desribe; as, indescribably beautiful. [ PJC ]

v. t. To describe wrongly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prescribed p. pr & vb. n. Prescribing. ] [ L. praescribere, praescriptum; prae before + scriebe to write. See Scribe. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prescribe not us our duties. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To appoint; order; command; dictate; ordain; institute; establish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To give directions; to dictate. [ 1913 Webster ]

A forwardness to prescribe to their opinions. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To influence by long use [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) To claim by prescription; to claim a title to a thing on the ground of immemorial use and enjoyment, that is, by a custom having the force of law. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who prescribes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. rescribere; pref. re- re- + scribere to write. See Scribe. ] 1. To write back; to write in reply. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To write over again. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]