Definition of proscribe in English:

proscribe

verb prə(ʊ)ˈskrʌɪbproʊˈskraɪb

[with object]

1Forbid, especially by law.
（尤指通过法律）禁止
strikes remained proscribed in the armed forces
武装部队仍被禁止罢工。
Example sentencesExamples
- The rule of law proscribes ex post facto legislation.
- Among the draconian penal laws is Law 71 which states that anyone ‘who calls for the establishment of any grouping, organisation or association proscribed by law’ can be executed.
- The power to proscribe organisations should be vested in more than an individual (the Attorney General) and representatives from banned organisations should have adequate rights of appeal.
- The Bill is unnecessary simply because the government presently has the power to proscribe terrorist organisations.
- It is conceivable that this identifier alone could alarm the Attorney General enough to proscribe the organisation.
- The former clause proscribed anyone from aiding the practice of prostitution, while the latter required the police to arrest and medically examine suspected prostitutes.
- The ‘Goldwater’ rule already proscribes specific comments about public figures or others who have not actually been evaluated.
- Using this definition, the attorney-general could proscribe any group that organises a demonstration or strike in which a person was injured or felt endangered.
- Last week the government released a list of 15 proscribed organisations.
- She should have been stopped in her tracks for purporting to answer the question when, in fact, she is saying that I am proscribed from even asking a question about this man, the evidence on whom I gave last week.
- Although advertising directly to consumers is proscribed in the European Union, companies are able to target patients indirectly through disease awareness campaigns, sponsorship of information materials, and press releases.
- When someone dies, we are proscribed from desecrating the body, which includes invasion of the corpse.
- ‘If you proscribe an organisation, you strengthen it’, he said.
- There are numbers of organisations that have been proscribed.
- We have not ruled out proscribing this organisation.
- Current rules proscribe relationships between soldiers of different rank, or soldiers and officers.
- Others object because they feel the Bible proscribes invoking god while making an oath.
- Jewish law states that not only is telling gossip forbidden; lending a willing ear is equally proscribed.
- Songs of a politically critical character are proscribed.
- Few deputies positively welcomed the purge of national representatives, and a number who had no special links with the proscribed deputies went out of their way to condemn the deed openly in letters to their constituents.
Synonyms
forbid, prohibit, ban, bar, disallow, rule out, embargo, veto, make illegal, interdict, outlaw, taboo
1. 1.1 Denounce or condemn.
  谴责
  certain customary practices which the Catholic Church proscribed, such as polygyny
  诸如一夫多妻制等为天主教所谴责的某些传统做法。
  Example sentencesExamples
  International criminal law is a body of international rules designed both to proscribe international crimes and to impose upon States the obligation to prosecute and punish at least some of those crimes.
  They were proscribed following an attack on one of Buddhism's most hallowed places of worship.
  While its advocates are careful to point out that they are not proscribing reasoned criticism of specific policies, their arguments tend, in practice, to serve as a warning to those who make them.
  Synonyms
  condemn, denounce, attack, criticize, censure, denigrate, damn, reject
2. 1.2historical Outlaw (someone)
  〈史〉宣布（某人）为不法之徒
  a plaque on which were the names of proscribed traitors
  Example sentencesExamples
  But this project went unrealized, and after Caesar's assassination he was proscribed by Mark Antony: his library at Casinum was plundered, but he escaped to live the rest of his life in scholarly retirement.
  And, as both of them are deeply committed to their religious beliefs, when I was virtually proscribed for my decision by the church leadership they felt it necessary to follow suit.
  If we were proscribed we would go underground, and anything that's underground surfaces.
  Synonyms
  outlaw, boycott, black, blackball, exclude, ostracize
  exile, expel, expatriate, evict, deport
  Christianity excommunicate

Usage

Proscribe does not have the same meaning as prescribe: see prescribe

Derivatives

proscriptive

adjective prə(ʊ)ˈskrɪptɪvproʊˈskrɪptɪv

1(of a law or rule) forbidding or restricting something.
a proscriptive and draconian policy
1. 1.1 Denouncing or condemning something.
  谴责
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘It is important not to be proscriptive,’ he said.
- The fundamental reason for this is not because insurance executives were stupid, but because they manage their investments in a thicket of proscriptive regulation.
- I think it's very regrettable that we should become so proscriptive as to do away with a tradition such as this.
- proscriptive rebukes

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'to outlaw'): from Latin proscribere, from pro- 'in front of' + scribere 'write'.

postscript from mid 16th century:
The source of this word is Latin postscriptum from postscribere ‘write under or in front of, add’ (source of proscribe (Late Middle English) via the sense of ‘writing publicly’). The base elements are Latin post ‘after, later’ and scribere ‘write’. The sense ‘sequel’ dates from the late 19th century.

Rhymes

ascribe, bribe, gybe, imbibe, jibe, scribe, subscribe, transcribe, tribe, vibe

Definition of proscribe in US English:

proscribe

verbproʊˈskraɪbprōˈskrīb

[with object]

1Forbid, especially by law.
（尤指通过法律）禁止
strikes remained proscribed in the armed forces
武装部队仍被禁止罢工。
Example sentencesExamples
- Few deputies positively welcomed the purge of national representatives, and a number who had no special links with the proscribed deputies went out of their way to condemn the deed openly in letters to their constituents.
- Using this definition, the attorney-general could proscribe any group that organises a demonstration or strike in which a person was injured or felt endangered.
- ‘If you proscribe an organisation, you strengthen it’, he said.
- The power to proscribe organisations should be vested in more than an individual (the Attorney General) and representatives from banned organisations should have adequate rights of appeal.
- The ‘Goldwater’ rule already proscribes specific comments about public figures or others who have not actually been evaluated.
- The Bill is unnecessary simply because the government presently has the power to proscribe terrorist organisations.
- Others object because they feel the Bible proscribes invoking god while making an oath.
- When someone dies, we are proscribed from desecrating the body, which includes invasion of the corpse.
- We have not ruled out proscribing this organisation.
- She should have been stopped in her tracks for purporting to answer the question when, in fact, she is saying that I am proscribed from even asking a question about this man, the evidence on whom I gave last week.
- The former clause proscribed anyone from aiding the practice of prostitution, while the latter required the police to arrest and medically examine suspected prostitutes.
- It is conceivable that this identifier alone could alarm the Attorney General enough to proscribe the organisation.
- Songs of a politically critical character are proscribed.
- Last week the government released a list of 15 proscribed organisations.
- Jewish law states that not only is telling gossip forbidden; lending a willing ear is equally proscribed.
- Among the draconian penal laws is Law 71 which states that anyone ‘who calls for the establishment of any grouping, organisation or association proscribed by law’ can be executed.
- The rule of law proscribes ex post facto legislation.
- Although advertising directly to consumers is proscribed in the European Union, companies are able to target patients indirectly through disease awareness campaigns, sponsorship of information materials, and press releases.
- Current rules proscribe relationships between soldiers of different rank, or soldiers and officers.
- There are numbers of organisations that have been proscribed.
Synonyms
forbid, prohibit, ban, bar, disallow, rule out, embargo, veto, make illegal, interdict, outlaw, taboo
1. 1.1 Denounce or condemn.
  谴责
  certain practices that the Catholic Church proscribed, such as polygyny
  诸如一夫多妻制等为天主教所谴责的某些传统做法。
  Example sentencesExamples
  While its advocates are careful to point out that they are not proscribing reasoned criticism of specific policies, their arguments tend, in practice, to serve as a warning to those who make them.
  They were proscribed following an attack on one of Buddhism's most hallowed places of worship.
  International criminal law is a body of international rules designed both to proscribe international crimes and to impose upon States the obligation to prosecute and punish at least some of those crimes.
  Synonyms
  condemn, denounce, attack, criticize, censure, denigrate, damn, reject
2. 1.2historical Outlaw (someone).
  〈史〉宣布（某人）为不法之徒
  Example sentencesExamples
  But this project went unrealized, and after Caesar's assassination he was proscribed by Mark Antony: his library at Casinum was plundered, but he escaped to live the rest of his life in scholarly retirement.
  If we were proscribed we would go underground, and anything that's underground surfaces.
  And, as both of them are deeply committed to their religious beliefs, when I was virtually proscribed for my decision by the church leadership they felt it necessary to follow suit.
  Synonyms
  outlaw, boycott, black, blackball, exclude, ostracize

Usage

Proscribe does not have the same meaning as prescribe: see prescribe

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘to outlaw’): from Latin proscribere, from pro- ‘in front of’ + scribere ‘write’.

单词	proscribe
释义	Definition of proscribe in English: proscribe verb prə(ʊ)ˈskrʌɪbproʊˈskraɪb [with object] 1Forbid, especially by law. （尤指通过法律）禁止 strikes remained proscribed in the armed forces 武装部队仍被禁止罢工。 Example sentencesExamples The rule of law proscribes ex post facto legislation. Among the draconian penal laws is Law 71 which states that anyone ‘who calls for the establishment of any grouping, organisation or association proscribed by law’ can be executed. The power to proscribe organisations should be vested in more than an individual (the Attorney General) and representatives from banned organisations should have adequate rights of appeal. The Bill is unnecessary simply because the government presently has the power to proscribe terrorist organisations. It is conceivable that this identifier alone could alarm the Attorney General enough to proscribe the organisation. The former clause proscribed anyone from aiding the practice of prostitution, while the latter required the police to arrest and medically examine suspected prostitutes. The ‘Goldwater’ rule already proscribes specific comments about public figures or others who have not actually been evaluated. Using this definition, the attorney-general could proscribe any group that organises a demonstration or strike in which a person was injured or felt endangered. Last week the government released a list of 15 proscribed organisations. She should have been stopped in her tracks for purporting to answer the question when, in fact, she is saying that I am proscribed from even asking a question about this man, the evidence on whom I gave last week. Although advertising directly to consumers is proscribed in the European Union, companies are able to target patients indirectly through disease awareness campaigns, sponsorship of information materials, and press releases. When someone dies, we are proscribed from desecrating the body, which includes invasion of the corpse. ‘If you proscribe an organisation, you strengthen it’, he said. There are numbers of organisations that have been proscribed. We have not ruled out proscribing this organisation. Current rules proscribe relationships between soldiers of different rank, or soldiers and officers. Others object because they feel the Bible proscribes invoking god while making an oath. Jewish law states that not only is telling gossip forbidden; lending a willing ear is equally proscribed. Songs of a politically critical character are proscribed. Few deputies positively welcomed the purge of national representatives, and a number who had no special links with the proscribed deputies went out of their way to condemn the deed openly in letters to their constituents. Synonyms forbid, prohibit, ban, bar, disallow, rule out, embargo, veto, make illegal, interdict, outlaw, taboo 1.1 Denounce or condemn. 谴责 certain customary practices which the Catholic Church proscribed, such as polygyny 诸如一夫多妻制等为天主教所谴责的某些传统做法。 Example sentencesExamples International criminal law is a body of international rules designed both to proscribe international crimes and to impose upon States the obligation to prosecute and punish at least some of those crimes. They were proscribed following an attack on one of Buddhism's most hallowed places of worship. While its advocates are careful to point out that they are not proscribing reasoned criticism of specific policies, their arguments tend, in practice, to serve as a warning to those who make them. Synonyms condemn, denounce, attack, criticize, censure, denigrate, damn, reject 1.2historical Outlaw (someone) 〈史〉宣布（某人）为不法之徒 a plaque on which were the names of proscribed traitors Example sentencesExamples But this project went unrealized, and after Caesar's assassination he was proscribed by Mark Antony: his library at Casinum was plundered, but he escaped to live the rest of his life in scholarly retirement. And, as both of them are deeply committed to their religious beliefs, when I was virtually proscribed for my decision by the church leadership they felt it necessary to follow suit. If we were proscribed we would go underground, and anything that's underground surfaces. Synonyms outlaw, boycott, black, blackball, exclude, ostracize exile, expel, expatriate, evict, deport Christianity excommunicate Usage Proscribe does not have the same meaning as prescribe: see prescribe Derivatives proscriptive adjective prə(ʊ)ˈskrɪptɪvproʊˈskrɪptɪv 1(of a law or rule) forbidding or restricting something. a proscriptive and draconian policy 1.1 Denouncing or condemning something. 谴责 Example sentencesExamples ‘It is important not to be proscriptive,’ he said. The fundamental reason for this is not because insurance executives were stupid, but because they manage their investments in a thicket of proscriptive regulation. I think it's very regrettable that we should become so proscriptive as to do away with a tradition such as this. proscriptive rebukes Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'to outlaw'): from Latin proscribere, from pro- 'in front of' + scribere 'write'. postscript from mid 16th century: The source of this word is Latin postscriptum from postscribere ‘write under or in front of, add’ (source of proscribe (Late Middle English) via the sense of ‘writing publicly’). The base elements are Latin post ‘after, later’ and scribere ‘write’. The sense ‘sequel’ dates from the late 19th century. Rhymes ascribe, bribe, gybe, imbibe, jibe, scribe, subscribe, transcribe, tribe, vibe Definition of proscribe in US English: proscribe verbproʊˈskraɪbprōˈskrīb [with object] 1Forbid, especially by law. （尤指通过法律）禁止 strikes remained proscribed in the armed forces 武装部队仍被禁止罢工。 Example sentencesExamples Few deputies positively welcomed the purge of national representatives, and a number who had no special links with the proscribed deputies went out of their way to condemn the deed openly in letters to their constituents. Using this definition, the attorney-general could proscribe any group that organises a demonstration or strike in which a person was injured or felt endangered. ‘If you proscribe an organisation, you strengthen it’, he said. The power to proscribe organisations should be vested in more than an individual (the Attorney General) and representatives from banned organisations should have adequate rights of appeal. The ‘Goldwater’ rule already proscribes specific comments about public figures or others who have not actually been evaluated. The Bill is unnecessary simply because the government presently has the power to proscribe terrorist organisations. Others object because they feel the Bible proscribes invoking god while making an oath. When someone dies, we are proscribed from desecrating the body, which includes invasion of the corpse. We have not ruled out proscribing this organisation. She should have been stopped in her tracks for purporting to answer the question when, in fact, she is saying that I am proscribed from even asking a question about this man, the evidence on whom I gave last week. The former clause proscribed anyone from aiding the practice of prostitution, while the latter required the police to arrest and medically examine suspected prostitutes. It is conceivable that this identifier alone could alarm the Attorney General enough to proscribe the organisation. Songs of a politically critical character are proscribed. Last week the government released a list of 15 proscribed organisations. Jewish law states that not only is telling gossip forbidden; lending a willing ear is equally proscribed. Among the draconian penal laws is Law 71 which states that anyone ‘who calls for the establishment of any grouping, organisation or association proscribed by law’ can be executed. The rule of law proscribes ex post facto legislation. Although advertising directly to consumers is proscribed in the European Union, companies are able to target patients indirectly through disease awareness campaigns, sponsorship of information materials, and press releases. Current rules proscribe relationships between soldiers of different rank, or soldiers and officers. There are numbers of organisations that have been proscribed. Synonyms forbid, prohibit, ban, bar, disallow, rule out, embargo, veto, make illegal, interdict, outlaw, taboo 1.1 Denounce or condemn. 谴责 certain practices that the Catholic Church proscribed, such as polygyny 诸如一夫多妻制等为天主教所谴责的某些传统做法。 Example sentencesExamples While its advocates are careful to point out that they are not proscribing reasoned criticism of specific policies, their arguments tend, in practice, to serve as a warning to those who make them. They were proscribed following an attack on one of Buddhism's most hallowed places of worship. International criminal law is a body of international rules designed both to proscribe international crimes and to impose upon States the obligation to prosecute and punish at least some of those crimes. Synonyms condemn, denounce, attack, criticize, censure, denigrate, damn, reject 1.2historical Outlaw (someone). 〈史〉宣布（某人）为不法之徒 Example sentencesExamples But this project went unrealized, and after Caesar's assassination he was proscribed by Mark Antony: his library at Casinum was plundered, but he escaped to live the rest of his life in scholarly retirement. If we were proscribed we would go underground, and anything that's underground surfaces. And, as both of them are deeply committed to their religious beliefs, when I was virtually proscribed for my decision by the church leadership they felt it necessary to follow suit. Synonyms outlaw, boycott, black, blackball, exclude, ostracize Usage Proscribe does not have the same meaning as prescribe: see prescribe Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘to outlaw’): from Latin proscribere, from pro- ‘in front of’ + scribere ‘write’.
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