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prescribed

/pɹəˈskɹaɪbd/ adjective B2
  1. Of a procedure, specified to a great degree of detail; established as following a strict procedure or set of rules. · Short-term energy monitoring tuning follows a very prescribed procedure; building shell parameters are adjusted first, then HVAC efficiency.
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They had studied Tennyson’s poem in school the preceding winter, the Superintendent of Education having prescribed it in the English course for the Prince Edward Island schools.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 221 · C1
D’Avrigny followed the invalid, wrote a prescription, ordered Villefort to take a cabriolet, go in person to a chemist’s to get the prescribed medicine, bring it himself, and wait for him in his daughter’s room.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 944 · C1
In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 1 · B2
Your son has probably neglected some prescribed form or attention in registering his cargo, and it is more than probable he will be set at liberty directly he has given the information required, whether touching the health of his crew, or the value of his freight.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 31 · C1

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