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Definition of proscribed - 2 dictionary results

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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