About The Word Proscribe
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Proscribe
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What's The Definition Of Proscribe?
[v] command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Proscribe: disallow | forbid | interdict | prohibit | veto Related Terms | Find terms related to Proscribe: See Also | ban | bar | command | compel | criminalise | criminalize | debar | enjoin | exclude | illegalise | illegalize | outlaw | require Proscribe In Webster's Dictionary \Pro*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proscribed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Proscribing}.] [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.]
1. 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.
Robert Vere, Earl of Oxford, . . . was banished the
realm, and proscribed. --Spenser.
2. To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as,
the Puritans proscribed theaters.
The Arian doctrines were proscribed and
anathematized in the famous Council of Nice.
--Waterland.
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