proscribed

[proh-skrahyb]

pro·scribe

[proh-skrahyb]
verb (used with object), pro·scribed, pro·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 Middle English < Latin prōscrībere to publish in writing, confiscate, outlaw. See pro-1, prescribe

pro·scrib·a·ble, adjective
pro·scrib·er, noun
un·pro·scrib·a·ble, adjective
un·pro·scribed, adjective

1. ascribe, proscribe, subscribe; 2. prescribe, proscribe.


1. censure, disapprove, repudiate.

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proscribed

adjective
excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" [syn: forbidden
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