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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROSCRI'BE, v.t. [L. proscribo; pro and scribo, to write. 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 one out of the protection of law,and promise a reward for his head. Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.
2. To put out of the protection of the law.
Robert Vere, earl of Oxford, was banished the realm and proscribed.
3. To denounce and condemn as dangerous and not worthy of reception; to reject utterly.
In the year 325, the Arian doctrines were proscribed and anathematized by the council of Nice.
4. To censure and condemn as utterly unworthy of reception.
5. To interdict; as, to proscribe the use of ardent spirits.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" [syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix] [ant: allow, countenance, let, permit]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (proscribed; proscribing) Etymology: Latin proscribere to publish, proscribe, from pro- before + scribere to write — more at scribe Date: 1560 1. to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state 2. to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful ; prohibit • proscriber noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 banish, exile (proscribed from the club). 2 put (a person) outside the protection of the law. 3 reject or denounce (a practice etc.) as dangerous etc. Derivatives: proscription n. proscriptive adj. Etymology: L proscribere (as PRO-(1), scribere script- write)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Proscribe 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(proscribes, proscribing, proscribed) If something is proscribed by people in authority, the existence or the use of that thing is forbidden. (FORMAL) In some cultures surgery is proscribed... They are proscribed by federal law from owning guns. = prohibit VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, be V-ed from -ing

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Banish, exile, ostracize, expel, doom, outlaw. 2. Exclude, interdict, prohibit, forbid. 3. Denounce, censure, condemn, reject utterly.

Moby Thesaurus

anathematize, attaint, ban, banish, bar, blackball, blacklist, boycott, bring home to, cast out, censure, condemn, convict, cut, damn, debar, denounce, denunciate, deny, deport, disallow, disfellowship, doom, embargo, enjoin, exclude, exclude from, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, extradite, find guilty, forbid, fugitate, inhibit, interdict, ostracize, outlaw, pass sentence on, penalize, preclude, prevent, prohibit, pronounce judgment, pronounce sentence, refuse, reject, relegate, repress, rule out, rusticate, say no to, send away, send down, send to Coventry, sentence, shut out, snub, spurn, suppress, taboo, thrust out, transport