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unprescribe

unprescribe verb: to recommend against (something previously prescribed); to withdraw a prescription.

Verb

unprescribe (third-person singular simple present unprescribes, present participle unprescribing, simple past and past participle unprescribed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To recommend against (something previously prescribed); to withdraw a prescription.

Forms of unprescribe

third-person singular presentunprescribes
present participleunprescribing
past participleunprescribed
pastunprescribed

Origin of unprescribe

From un- + prescribe.

Questions about unprescribe

What does unprescribe mean?
Unprescribe means to recommend against (something previously prescribed); to withdraw a prescription.
What part of speech is unprescribe?
Unprescribe is a verb.
What is the past tense of unprescribe?
The past tense of unprescribe is unprescribed.

Words near unprescribe in the dictionary

  1. unpresaging
  2. unprescient
  3. unpresciently
  4. unprescinded
  5. unprescribable
  6. unprescribe
  7. unprescribed
  8. unprescribes
  9. unprescribing
  10. unprescriptive
  11. unpreselected

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