recipe

recipe
/res"euh pee/, n.
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.
[1350-1400; ME < L: take, impv. sing. of recipere to RECEIVE]

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  • recipe — (n.) 1580s, medical prescription, from M.Fr. récipé, from L. recipe take!, imperative of recipere to take (see RECEIVE (Cf. receive)); word written by physicians at the head of prescriptions. Meaning instructions for preparing food first recorded …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Recĭpe — (lat.), nimm, s. u. Recept …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Recĭpe — (lat.), nimm auf Rezepten …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • recipe — index system Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • recipe — / rɛtʃipe/ v. lat. [imperat. di recipere, propr. prendi ], usato in ital. come s.m. invar., non com. [prescrizione medica] ▶◀ prescrizione, ricetta …   Enciclopedia Italiana

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