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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
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

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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Medical Dictionary

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
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Computing Dictionary

recipe
suspension

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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