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pro⋅scribe

  [proh-skrahyb]
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–verb (used with object), -scribed, -scrib⋅ing.
1. to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
2. to put outside the protection of the law; outlaw.
3. to banish or exile.
4. to announce the name of (a person) as condemned to death and subject to confiscation of property.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L prōscrībere to publish in writing, confiscate, outlaw. See pro- 1 , prescribe

Related forms:
pro⋅scrib⋅a⋅ble, adjective
pro⋅scrib⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. censure, disapprove, repudiate.
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pro·scribe   (prō-skrīb')   
tr.v.   pro·scribed, pro·scrib·ing, pro·scribes

  1. To denounce or condemn.

  2. To prohibit; forbid. See Synonyms at forbid.

    1. To banish or outlaw (a person).

    2. To publish the name of (a person) as outlawed.


[Middle English proscriben, from Latin prōscrībere, to put up someone's name as outlawed : prō-, in front; see pro-1 + scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]
pro·scrib'er n.
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Word Origin & History

proscribe 
1387 (implied in proscription) "decree of condemnation, outlawry," from L. proscribere "publish in writing" (lit. "write in front of"), including senses of "publish as having forfeited one's property, condemn, outlaw before the world," from pro- "before" + scribere "to write" (see script). Meaning "prohibit as wrong or dangerous" first recorded 1622.
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Main Entry: pro·scribe
Pronunciation: prO-'skrIb
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: pro·scribed; pro·scrib·ing
Etymology: Latin proscribere to publish, proscribe, from pro- before + scribere to write
: to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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