proscribe

  • 21proscribe — pro·scribe || prəʊ skraɪb v. forbid, prohibit; banish, excommunicate; denounce as dangerous; publicly denounce a convicted criminal …

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  • 22proscribe — v. a. 1. Banish, exile, ostracize, expel, doom, outlaw. 2. Exclude, interdict, prohibit, forbid. 3. Denounce, censure, condemn, reject utterly …

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  • 23proscribe — verb (T) 1 formal to try to stop the existence of something such as a political organization 2 old use to state publicly that a citizen is no longer protected by the law proscription / skrIpSFn/ noun (C, U) …

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  • 24proscribe — verb 1) gambling was proscribed Syn: forbid, prohibit, ban, bar, interdict, make illegal, embargo, outlaw, disallow, veto; Law enjoin Ant: allow, permit 2) the book was p …

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  • 25proscribe — v 1. damn, doom, condemn, sentence, pass sentence on, censure; restrict, restrain, circumscribe, check. 2. outlaw, forbid, prohibit, interdict, ban, disallow. 3. banish, exile, expatriate, deport, expel; drive away, exclude, excommunicate;… …

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  • 26proscribe — pro·scribe …

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  • 27proscribe — pro•scribe [[t]proʊˈskraɪb[/t]] v. t. scribed, scrib•ing 1) to condemn (a thing) as harmful or odious; prohibit 2) to put outside legal protection; outlaw 3) to banish or exile 4) (in ancient Rome) to announce the name of (a person) as condemned… …

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  • 28proscribe —   v.t. outlaw; prohibit; condemn as harmful.    ♦ proscription, n.    ♦ proscriptive, a …

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  • 29proscribe — v.tr. 1 banish, exile (proscribed from the club). 2 put (a person) outside the protection of the law. 3 reject or denounce (a practice etc.) as dangerous etc. Derivatives: proscription n. proscriptive adj. Etymology: L proscribere (as PRO (1),… …

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  • 30prescribe, proscribe —    Prescribe means to set down as a rule or guide. Proscribe means to denounce or prohibit. If you get bronchitis, your doctor may prescribe antibiotics and proscribe smoking …

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