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<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br>the act or process of liberating<br>

<span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">a </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>any of several epidemic diseases with a high mortality rate;<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">b </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>specifically, an infectious epidemic disease of rats and other rodents, caused by a bacterium and transmitted to humans by flea bites, eg BUBONIC PLAGUE.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>an overwhelming intrusion by something unwelcome<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>colloq </i>a nuisance.<div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c: from Latin <i>plaga</i> blow, disaster or pestilence.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> verb (<b>prescribed</b>, <b>prescribing</b>)<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>said especially of a doctor: to advise (a medicine) as a remedy, especially by completing a prescription.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>to recommend officially (eg a text for academic study).<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>to lay down or establish (a duty, penalty, etc) officially.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 16c: from Latin <i>praescribere</i> to write down beforehand, from <i>scribere</i> to write.

<span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">a </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a set of written instructions from a doctor to a pharmacist regarding the preparation and dispensing of a drug, etc for a particular patient;<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">b </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the drug, etc prescribed in this way by a doctor;<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">c </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">a </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a set of written instructions for an optician stating the type of lenses required to correct a patient’s vision;<div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c: from Latin <i>praescriptio</i> an order; see PRESCRIBE.

<span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun (<b>prophecies</b>)<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">a </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the interpretation of divine will;<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">b </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the act of revealing such interpretations.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">a </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the foretelling of the future;<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">b </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>something foretold; a prediction.<div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 13c: from French <i>prophecie</i>, from Greek <i>propheteia</i>; see PROPHET.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> verb (<b>prophesies</b>, <b>prophesied</b>, <b>prophesying</b>)<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>tr & intr </i>to foretell (future happenings); to predict.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>intrans </i>to utter prophecies; to interpret divine will.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c: a variant of PROPHECY.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun (<b>recipes</b>)<br>directions for making something, especially for preparing and cooking food, usually consisting of a list of ingredients and instructions point-by-point. <i>Also as adj</i><br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c: Latin, originally meaning ‘take’ or ‘take it’ when written at the top of medical prescriptions, from <i>recipere</i> to take.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> verb (<b>restrained</b>, <b>restraining</b>)<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>to prevent (someone, oneself, etc) from doing something.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>to keep (one’s temper, ambition, etc) under control.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>to take away someone’s freedom, especially by arresting them.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c: from French <i>restreindre</i>, from Latin <i>restringere</i>.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br>a stretch of land, especially with regard to its physical features or as a battle area<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 18c: ultimately from Latin <i>terrenus</i>, from <i>terra</i> earth.