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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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.
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Robert Vere, Earl of Oxford, . . . was banished the
realm, and proscribed. --Spenser.
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2. To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as,
the Puritans proscribed theaters.
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The Arian doctrines were proscribed and
anathematized in the famous Council of Nice.
--Waterland.
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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) 2.0 : [ 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, verboten]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
proscribed
vb.
(infl of en proscribe ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
proscribed
vb.
(infl of en proscribe ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
proscribed
vb.
(infl of en proscribe ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
proscribed
vb.
(infl of en proscribe ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
proscribed
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm p roscribe d)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Proscribed /pɹəskɹˈaɪbd/ محرّمFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
proscribed /pɹəskɹˈaɪbd/ verboten, geächtet, verbannt see: proscribe, proscribing, proscribes, proscribedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
proscribed /pɹəskɹˈaɪbd/ verbot, ächtete, verbannte see: proscribe, proscribing, proscribed, proscribesFrom English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
proscribed /pɹəskɹˈaɪbd/ zabranjena, zabranjeneFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) : [ bouvier ]/pɹoʊsˈkɹaɪbd/
PROSCRIBED, civil law. Among the Romans, a man was said to be proscribed when a reward was offered for his head; but the term was more usually applied to those who were sentenced to some punishment which carried with it the consequences of civil death. Code, 9; 49.