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proscribe
proscribeprohibit, censure, repudiate; to banish: proscribe drinking in a public park
Not to be confused with:prescribe – appoint; to order a medicine: prescribe a painkillerpro·scribe P0606100 (prō-skrīb′)tr.v. pro·scribed, pro·scrib·ing, pro·scribes 1. To prohibit; forbid: foods that are proscribed by religious dietary laws. See Synonyms at forbid.2. To denounce or condemn: "The small sins of natural pleasure that we see ... mildly proscribed in the confession manuals of the late Middle Ages" (James Turner).3. a. To banish or outlaw (a person): "Emperors took it on themselves to proscribe heretics" (Garry Wills).b. 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.proscribe (prəʊˈskraɪb) vb (tr) 1. to condemn or prohibit2. to outlaw; banish; exile3. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Rome) to outlaw (a citizen) by posting his name in public[C16: from Latin prōscrībere to put up a written public notice, from prō- in public + scrībere to write] proˈscriber npro•scribe (proʊˈskraɪb)
v.t. -scribed, -scrib•ing. 1. to condemn (a thing) as harmful or odious; prohibit. 2. to put outside legal protection; outlaw. 3. to banish or exile. 4. (in ancient Rome) to announce the name of (a person) as condemned to death and subject to confiscation of property. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin prōscrībere to publish in writing, confiscate, outlaw. See pro-1, prescribe] pro•scrib′er, n. proscribe
Past participle: proscribed
Gerund: proscribing
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| proscribe | | proscribe |
| Present |
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| I proscribe | | you proscribe | | he/she/it proscribes | | we proscribe | | you proscribe | | they proscribe |
| Preterite |
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| I proscribed | | you proscribed | | he/she/it proscribed | | we proscribed | | you proscribed | | they proscribed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am proscribing | | you are proscribing | | he/she/it is proscribing | | we are proscribing | | you are proscribing | | they are proscribing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have proscribed | | you have proscribed | | he/she/it has proscribed | | we have proscribed | | you have proscribed | | they have proscribed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was proscribing | | you were proscribing | | he/she/it was proscribing | | we were proscribing | | you were proscribing | | they were proscribing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had proscribed | | you had proscribed | | he/she/it had proscribed | | we had proscribed | | you had proscribed | | they had proscribed |
| Future |
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| I will proscribe | | you will proscribe | | he/she/it will proscribe | | we will proscribe | | you will proscribe | | they will proscribe |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have proscribed | | you will have proscribed | | he/she/it will have proscribed | | we will have proscribed | | you will have proscribed | | they will have proscribed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be proscribing | | you will be proscribing | | he/she/it will be proscribing | | we will be proscribing | | you will be proscribing | | they will be proscribing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been proscribing | | you have been proscribing | | he/she/it has been proscribing | | we have been proscribing | | you have been proscribing | | they have been proscribing |
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| I will have been proscribing | | you will have been proscribing | | he/she/it will have been proscribing | | we will have been proscribing | | you will have been proscribing | | they will have been proscribing |
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| I had been proscribing | | you had been proscribing | | he/she/it had been proscribing | | we had been proscribing | | you had been proscribing | | they had been proscribing |
| Conditional |
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| I would proscribe | | you would proscribe | | he/she/it would proscribe | | we would proscribe | | you would proscribe | | they would proscribe |
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| I would have proscribed | | you would have proscribed | | he/she/it would have proscribed | | we would have proscribed | | you would have proscribed | | they would have proscribed |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | proscribe - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"disallow, forbid, nix, prohibit, veto, interdictcommand, require - make someone do somethingban - prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"bar, debar, exclude - prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"enjoin - issue an injunctioncriminalise, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw, criminalize - declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S." |
proscribeverb1. prohibit, ban, forbid, boycott, embargo, interdict They are proscribed by federal law from owning guns.
prohibit allow, permit, sanction, license, endorse, warrant, authorize, give permission, give leave2. condemn, reject, damn, denounce, censure Slang is reviled and proscribed by pedants and purists.3. outlaw, exclude, exile, expel, banish, deport, expatriate, excommunicate, ostracize, blackball, attaint (archaic) He was proscribed in America, where his estate was put up for sale.proscribeverbTo refuse to allow:ban, debar, disallow, enjoin, forbid, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, taboo.Translations
EncyclopediaSeeproscriptionLegalSeeProscribedproscribe
Synonyms for proscribeverb prohibitSynonyms- prohibit
- ban
- forbid
- boycott
- embargo
- interdict
Antonyms- allow
- permit
- sanction
- license
- endorse
- warrant
- authorize
- give permission
- give leave
verb condemnSynonyms- condemn
- reject
- damn
- denounce
- censure
verb outlawSynonyms- outlaw
- exclude
- exile
- expel
- banish
- deport
- expatriate
- excommunicate
- ostracize
- blackball
- attaint
Synonyms for proscribeverb to refuse to allowSynonyms- ban
- debar
- disallow
- enjoin
- forbid
- inhibit
- interdict
- outlaw
- prohibit
- taboo
Synonyms for proscribeverb command againstSynonyms- disallow
- forbid
- nix
- prohibit
- veto
- interdict
Related Words- command
- require
- ban
- bar
- debar
- exclude
- enjoin
- criminalise
- illegalise
- illegalize
- outlaw
- criminalize
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