The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PRESCRIBE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PRESCRIBE
- Recommend the use of oddly neglected Greek writer after a bit of persuasion
- Specify page concerning writer
- Advocate and priest on hack
- Strongly recommend vacuous potboiler by English writer
- Writer tails academic, ignoring university order
- . Order public relations secretary to restrain engineer
- Rule before Supreme Court bar having a point
- Advise, partly preach to writer
- Pressure on writer to specify rules
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What does PRESCRIBE mean?
PRESCRIBE verb- To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
- To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.