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proscribed


From the verb proscribe: (⇒ conjugate)
proscribed is: Click the infinitive to see all available inflections
v past
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pro•scribe /proʊˈskraɪb/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object], -scribed, -scrib•ing. 
  1. to condemn (a thing) as harmful or illegal; prohibit;
    forbid:proscribing the use of firearms.
pro•scrip•tion /proʊˈskrɪpʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]See -scrib-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pro•scribe  (prō skrīb),USA pronunciation v.t., -scribed, -scrib•ing. 
  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.
  • Latin prōscrībere to publish in writing, confiscate, outlaw. See pro-1, prescribe
  • late Middle English 1375–1425
pro•scriba•ble, adj. 
pro•scriber, n. 
    1. censure, disapprove, repudiate.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
proscribe /prəʊˈskraɪb/ vb (transitive)
  1. to condemn or prohibit
  2. to outlaw; banish; exile
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin prōscrībere to put up a written public notice, from prō- in public + scrībere to writeproˈscriber n
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