proscribe
verb /prəˈskraɪb/
/prəʊˈskraɪb/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they proscribe | /prəˈskraɪb/ /prəʊˈskraɪb/ |
| he / she / it proscribes | /prəˈskraɪbz/ /prəʊˈskraɪbz/ |
| past simple proscribed | /prəˈskraɪbd/ /prəʊˈskraɪbd/ |
| past participle proscribed | /prəˈskraɪbd/ /prəʊˈskraɪbd/ |
| -ing form proscribing | /prəˈskraɪbɪŋ/ /prəʊˈskraɪbɪŋ/ |
- proscribe something to say officially that something is banned
- proscribed organizations
- Membership of any proscribed organization is a serious matter.
- Officials promptly proscribed the procedure.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘to outlaw’): from Latin proscribere, from pro- ‘in front of’ + scribere ‘write’.