proscribing

Variant of proscribe

transitive verb proscribed, proscribing

  1. in ancient Rome, to publish the name of (a person) condemned to death, banishment, etc.
  2. to deprive of the protection of the law; outlaw
  3. to banish; exile
  4. to denounce or forbid the practice, use, etc. of; interdict

Origin: ME proscriben < L proscribere < pro-, pro- + scribere, to write: see scribe

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