proscribe
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Usage notes [edit]
- The latter pronunciation is used when added distinction from prescribe is desired.
Verb [edit]
proscribe (third-person singular simple present proscribes, present participle proscribing, simple past and past participle proscribed)
- (transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
- (transitive) To denounce.
- (transitive) To banish or exclude.
Usage notes [edit]
- Avoid the erroneous construction “proscribe against”; substitute “proscribe” alone or the phrase “prescribe against”.
Antonyms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
forbid or prohibit
denounce
banish or exclude
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Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
prōscrībe
- second-person singular present active imperative of prōscrībō
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
proscribe (infinitive proscribir)
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of proscribir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of proscribir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of proscribir.
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- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ir
- Spanish verb indicative forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
