proscribe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: proscribe	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for proscribe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proscribe v command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" Synonym(s): forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix Antonym(s): allow, countenance, let, permit
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.