proscribe

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Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *pró
Proto-Indo-European *pro-
Proto-Italic *pro-
Latin prō-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
Proto-Italic *skreiβō
Latin scrībō
Latin prōscrībōder.
Middle English proscriben
English proscribe

    From Middle English proscriben, from Latin prōscrībō (“to proclaim, forbid, banish”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /pɹəˈskɹaɪb/
      • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (contrastive stress to distinguish from prescribe):
    • Rhymes: -aɪb
    • Homophone: prescribe (in some dialects)

    Verb

    proscribe (third-person singular simple present proscribes, present participle proscribing, simple past and past participle proscribed)

    1. (transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
      The law proscribes driving a car while intoxicated.
    3. (transitive) To denounce.
      Antonym: recommend
      The word ‘ain't’ is proscribed by many authorities.
      • 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 13.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 1:
        If Joseph Willet, the denounced and proscribed of 'prentices, had happened to be at home when his father's courtly guest presented himself before the Maypole door— [...] he would have contrived, by hook or crook, to dive to the very bottom of Mr. Chester's mystery, and to come at his purpose with as much certainty as though he had been his confidential adviser.
    4. (transitive) To banish or exclude.
      Many Roman citizens were proscribed for taking part in rebellions.

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    Latin

    Verb

    prōscrībe

    1. second-person singular present active imperative of prōscrībō

    Spanish

    Verb

    proscribe

    1. inflection of proscribir:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative
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