PROSCRIBE

forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix

(verb) command against; “I forbid you to call me late at night”; “Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store”; “Dad nixed our plans”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

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

(transitive) To forbid or prohibit.

(transitive) To denounce.

(transitive) To banish or exclude.

Antonyms

• prescribe

Source: Wiktionary

Pro*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proscribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Proscribing.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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