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proscribed |
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]: proscribed adj : excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" [syn: {forbidden}, {out(p)}, {prohibited}, {taboo}, {tabu}]
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