Adjacent Words

Proscribed definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROSCRI'BED, pp. Doomed to destruction; denounced as dangerous, or as unworthy of reception; condemned; banished.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" [syn: forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten]

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.