proscribe

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈskɹaɪb/
• (distinguished from prescribe):
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊˌskɹaɪb/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊˌskɹaɪb/
• Rhymes: -aɪb
• Homophone: prescribe (in some dialects)

Verb

1. (transitive) To forbid or prohibit.

   The law proscribes driving a car while intoxicated.

2. (transitive) To denounce.

   The word ‘ain’t’ is proscribed by many authorities.

   • 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, chapter 13, 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.

3. (transitive) To banish or exclude.

   Many Roman citizens were proscribed for taking part in rebellions.

Antonyms

• prescribe

Related terms

• proscription
• proscriptive

Derived terms

• proscriber

Translations

forbid or prohibit

• Dutch: verbieden (nl)
• Estonian: keelama
• Finnish: kieltää (fi)
• French: interdire (fr)
• German: verbieten (de)
• Latin: prohibeo (la), veto, interdico
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forby

• Portuguese: proscrever (pt), proibir (pt)
• Romanian: interzice (ro)
• Russian: запреща́ть (ru) impf (zapreščátʹ), запрети́ть (ru) pf (zapretítʹ)
• Spanish: proscribir (es)

denounce

• Dutch: afkeuren (nl), afraden (nl), verbieden (nl)
• Finnish: kieltää (fi)
• French: dénoncer (fr), déconseiller (fr)
• German: verbieten (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fraråde, forby

• Russian: осужда́ть (ru) impf (osuždátʹ), осуди́ть (ru) pf (osudítʹ)
• Spanish: proscribir (es)

banish or exclude

• Dutch: verbannen (nl), uitsluiten (nl)
• Finnish: eristää (fi), syrjäyttää (fi)
• French: bannir (fr), exclure (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: verbannen (de), ächten (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bannlyse, forbanne (no), utestenge

• Portuguese: banir (pt)

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• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} Å forby
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) prōscrībe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of prōscrībō

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Spanish

Verb

proscribe

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of proscribir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of proscribir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of proscribir.