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From Middle English proscriben, from Latin prōscrībō (“to proclaim, forbid, banish”).

proscribe (third-person singular simple present proscribes, present participle proscribing, simple past and past participle proscribed)

  1. (transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
    The law proscribes driving a car while intoxicated.
  2. (transitive) To denounce.
    Antonym: recommend
    The word ‘ain't’ is proscribed by many authorities.
    • 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 13.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 1:
      If Joseph Willet, the denounced and proscribed of 'prentices, had happened to be at home when his father's courtly guest presented himself before the Maypole door— [...] he would have contrived, by hook or crook, to dive to the very bottom of Mr. Chester's mystery, and to come at his purpose with as much certainty as though he had been his confidential adviser.
  3. (transitive) To banish or exclude.
    Many Roman citizens were proscribed for taking part in rebellions.

denounce

forbid or prohibit

prōscrībe

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of prōscrībō

proscribe

  1. inflection of proscribir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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