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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.

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(prəʊˈskraɪbd) adj1. condemned or prohibited2. banned or outlawed

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proscribed - excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"forbidden, prohibited, taboo, verboten, tabu, outimpermissible - not permitted; "impermissible behavior"

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