Definition of proscribed - 2 dictionary results
pro⋅scribe
[proh-skrahyb]
–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. |
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pro·scribe (prō-skrīb') tr.v. pro·scribed, pro·scrib·ing, pro·scribes
[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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