Disallow vs Proscribe - What's the difference?
disallow | proscribe |
To refuse to allow
To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 19
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=England 1-0 Ukraine
, work=BBC Sport
To forbid or prohibit.
To denounce.
To banish or exclude.
As verbs the difference between disallow and proscribe
is that disallow is to refuse to allow while proscribe is to forbid or prohibit.disallow
English
Verb
(en verb)- The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer.
- The goal was disallowed because the player was offside.
citation, page= , passage=England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd.}}