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  • 31prescribe, 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 …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 32prescribe, proscribe — Prescribe means to direct, to order. Proscribe means to banish, to outlaw. What did the nurse prescribe for your cough? Playing the radio after midnight is proscribed …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 33prescribe —  , 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 …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 34proscription — proscribe ► VERB 1) forbid, especially by law. 2) denounce or condemn. 3) historical outlaw (someone). DERIVATIVES proscription noun proscriptive adjective. USAGE The words proscribe and …

    English terms dictionary

  • 35proscriptive — proscribe ► VERB 1) forbid, especially by law. 2) denounce or condemn. 3) historical outlaw (someone). DERIVATIVES proscription noun proscriptive adjective. USAGE The words proscribe and …

    English terms dictionary

  • 36Proscribed — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 37Proscribing — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 38ḤEREM — (Heb. חֵרֶם), the status of that which is separated from common use or contact either because it is proscribed as an abomination to God or because it is consecrated to Him (cf. Ar., ḥaruma, be forbidden, become sacred ; ḥaram, holy precinct ;… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 39List of commonly misused English words — This is a list of English words which are commonly misused. It is meant to include only words whose misuse is deprecated by most usage writers, editors, and other professional linguists of Standard English. It is possible that some of the… …

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  • 40Hizb ut-Tahrir — Infobox Political Party party name = Hizb ut Tahrir rtl ar. حزب التحرير colorcode = #008000 party leader = Ata Abu Rashta foundation = 1953 founder = Taqiuddin al Nabhani ideology = Pan Islamism headquarters = Unknown international = Worldwide… …

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