PROSCRIBE


Meaning of PROSCRIBE in English

— proscribable , adj. — proscriber , n.

/proh skruyb"/ , v.t., proscribed, proscribing .

1. to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.

2. to put outside the protection of the law; outlaw.

3. to banish or exile.

4. to announce the name of (a person) as condemned to death and subject to confiscation of property.

[ 1375-1425; late ME proscribere to publish in writing, confiscate, outlaw. See PRO- 1 , PRESCRIBE ]

Syn. 1. censure, disapprove, repudiate.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .