different between necessitate vs prescribe

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin necessit?tus, past participle of necessit? (“to make necessary”), from Classical Latin necessit?s (“necessity, need”) + -?. Necessit?s is derived from necesse (“unavoidable”) (from ne- (“prefix meaning ‘not’”) + cessus (“conceded, given up, yielded”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n??s?s?te?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /n??s?s??te?t/
• Hyphenation: ne?ces?sit?ate

Verb

necessitate (third-person singular simple present necessitates, present participle necessitating, simple past and past participle necessitated)

1. (transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. [from early 17th c.]

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Translations

Further reading

• necessary (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• necessitate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• necessitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Interlingua

Noun

necessitate

1. necessity
2. need

See also

• besonio

Italian

Verb

necessitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of necessitare
2. second-person plural imperative of necessitare
3. feminine plural of necessitato

Latin

Noun

necessit?te

1. ablative singular of necessit?s

English

Alternative forms

• præscribe (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praescribere, from prae (“before”) and scribere (“to write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???sk?a?b/, /p???sk?a?b/
• (distinguished from proscribe) IPA^(key): /?p?i??sk?a?b/
• Rhymes: -a?b
• Homophone: proscribe (in some dialects)

Verb

prescribe (third-person singular simple present prescribes, present participle prescribing, simple past and past participle prescribed)

1. (medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).

2. To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
   • 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour

     Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.

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Derived terms

• deprescribe
• prescriber

Antonyms

• proscribe

Translations

Spanish

Verb

prescribe

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of prescribir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of prescribir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of prescribir.