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proscribe

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Verb (transitive)
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb proscribe has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

proscribev. t. [L. proscribere, proscriptum, to write before, to publish, proscribe; pro before + scribere to write. See Scribe. The sense of this word originated in the Roman practice of writing the names of persons doomed to death, and posting the list in public.].
  •  To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.  [1913 Webster]
    "Robert Vere, Earl of Oxford, . . . was banished the realm, and proscribed."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters.  [1913 Webster]
    "The Arian doctrines were proscribed and anathematized in the famous Council of Nice."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

proscribe, v.tr.
1 banish, exile (proscribed from the club).
2 put (a person) outside the protection of the law.
3 reject or denounce (a practice etc.) as dangerous etc.

Derivative
proscription n. proscriptive adj.
Etymology
L proscribere (as PRO-(1), scribere script- write)

THESAURUS

proscribe

anathematize, attaint, ban, banish, bar, blackball, blacklist, boycott, bring home to, cast out, censure, condemn, convict, cut, damn, debar, denounce, denunciate, deny, deport, disallow, disfellowship, doom, embargo, enjoin, exclude, exclude from, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, extradite, find guilty, forbid, fugitate, inhibit, interdict, ostracize, outlaw, pass sentence on, penalize, preclude, prevent, prohibit, pronounce judgment, pronounce sentence, refuse, reject, relegate, repress, rule out, rusticate, say no to, send away, send down, send to Coventry, sentence, shut out, snub, spurn, suppress, taboo, thrust out, transport

ROGET THESAURUS

proscribe

Prohibition

VB prohibit, inhibit, forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow, enjoin, ban, outlaw, taboo, proscribe, estop, bar, debar, forefend, keep in, keep within bounds, restrain, cohibit, withhold, limit, circumscribe, clip the wings of, restrict, interdict, taboo, put under an interdiction, place under an interdiction, put under the ban, place under the ban, proscribe, exclude, shut out, shut the door, bolt the door, show the door, warn off, dash the cup from one's lips, forbid the banns, prohibit, inhibit, forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow, enjoin, ban, outlaw, taboo, proscribe, estop, bar, debar, forefend, keep in, keep within bounds, restrain, cohibit, withhold, limit, circumscribe, clip the wings of, restrict, interdict, taboo, put under an interdiction, place under an interdiction, put under the ban, place under the ban, proscribe, exclude, shut out, shut the door, bolt the door, show the door, warn off, dash the cup from one's lips, forbid the banns.

Condemnation

VB condemn, convict, cast, bring home to, find guilty, damn, doom, sign the death warrant, sentence, pass sentence on, attaint, confiscate, proscribe, sequestrate, nonsuit, disapprove, accuse, stand condemned.

Exclusion

VB be excluded from, exclude, bar, leave out, shut out, bar out, reject, repudiate, blackball, lay apart, put apart, set apart, lay aside, put aside, relegate, segregate, throw overboard, strike off, strike out, neglect, banish, separate, pass over, omit, garble, eliminate, weed, winnow, be secluded, live secluded, keep aloof, stand, hold oneself aloof, keep in the background, stand in the background, keep snug, shut oneself up, deny oneself, seclude oneself creep into a corner, rusticate, aller planter ses choux, retire, retire from the world, take the veil, abandon, sport one's oak, cut, cut dead, refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge, look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon, repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate, banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round, depopulate, dispeople, unpeople.

Malediction

VB curse, accurse, imprecate, damn, swear at, curse with bell book and candle, invoke curses on the head of, call down curses on the head of, devote to destruction, execrate, beshrew, scold, anathematize, bold up to execration, denounce, proscribe, excommunicate, fulminate, thunder against, threaten, curse and swear, swear, swear like a trooper, fall a cursing, rap out an oath, damn.

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