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proscribe | proscriber |

As a verb proscribe

is to forbid or prohibit.

As a noun proscriber is

one who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits.

proscribe

English

Usage notes

* The latter pronunciation is used when added distinction from (prescribe) is desired.

Verb

(proscrib)
  • To forbid or prohibit.
  • To denounce.
  • To banish or exclude.

    • Usage notes

    * Avoid the erroneous construction “proscribe against”; substitute “proscribe” alone or the phrase “pre scribe against”.

    Antonyms

    * prescribe

    Related terms

    * proscription * proscriptive

    proscriber

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits.
    • (Webster 1913)