W: (n) order [Related to: order] (a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)) "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
W: (n) order [Related to: order] ((often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed) "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"
W: (adj) prescriptive [Related to: prescribe] (pertaining to giving directives or rules) "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"
W: (n) prescription [Related to: prescribe] (directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions) "I tried to follow her prescription for success"
W: (n) dictator [Related to: dictate] (a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner) "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"
S: (v) prescribe ((medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription) "the doctor prescribed steroids for my ear trouble"
S: (adj) appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed (fixed or established especially by order or command) "at the time appointed (or the appointed time)"
S: (adj) official, prescribed (conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline) "in prescribed order"
S: (adj) positive, prescribed (formally laid down or imposed) "positive laws"