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rec⋅i⋅pe

  [res-uh-pee]
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–noun
1. a set of instructions for making or preparing something, esp. a food dish: a recipe for a cake.
2. a medical prescription.
3. a method to attain a desired end: a recipe for success.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L: take, impv. sing. of recipere to receive
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rec·i·pe   (rěs'ə-pē')   
n.  
  1. A set of directions with a list of ingredients for making or preparing something, especially food.
  2. A formula for or means to a desired end: a recipe for success.
  3. A medical prescription.

[Latin, sing. imperative of recipere, to take, receive; see receive.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Recipe

Rec"i*pe\, n.; pl. Recipes. [L., imperative of recipere to take back, take in, receive. See Receive.] A formulary or prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : recipe
Spanish: receta,
German: das Rezept, Rezept…,
Japanese: 料理法
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recipe 
1584, "medical prescription," from M.Fr. récipé, from L. recipe "take!," imperative of recipere "to take" (see receive); word written by physicians at the head of prescriptions. Meaning "instructions for preparing food" first recorded 1743. The original sense survives only in the pharmacist's abbreviation Rx.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: rec·i·pe
Pronunciation: 'res-&-(")pE
Function: noun
: PRESCRIPTION 1
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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recipe rec·i·pe (rěs'ə-pē')
n.

  1. The heading that is used to indicate a medical prescription, usually ℞.
  2. A medical prescription.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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recipe
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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