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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  proscribe 
  v  :  command  against;  "I  forbid  you  to  call  me  late  at  night" 
  [syn:  {forbid},  {prohibit},  {interdict},  {veto},  {disallow}] 
  [ant:  {permit},  {permit}]




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