pro|scribe

pro|scribe
pro|scribe «proh SKRYB», transitive verb, -scribed, -scrib|ing.
1. to prohibit as wrong or dangerous; talk against; condemn: »

In earlier days, the church proscribed dancing and cardplaying. It is difficult to proscribe a party without infringing on the right of the individual to dissent (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).

SYNONYM(S): forbid, interdict.
2. to put outside of the protection of the law; outlaw. In ancient Rome, a proscribed person's property belonged to the state, and anyone might kill him.
3. to forbid to come into a certain place; banish. SYNONYM(S): exile.
[< Latin prōscrībere < prō- before (the public) + scrībere to write]
pro|scrib´er, noun.

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