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pronunciation:
pro skraIb
features:
Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: proscribes, proscribing, proscribed
definition 1: to make illegal or prohibit.
Marriage to one's first cousin is proscribed in many states.The law proscribes driving under the influence of drugs.
synonyms:
ban, forbid, outlaw, prohibit
antonyms:
permit
similar words:
disallow, interdict, taboo, veto
definition 2: to denounce or condemn.
synonyms:
censure, condemn, damn, denounce
antonyms:
authorize
similar words:
anathematize, blacklist, curse, disapprove
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (v.)proscribe already, also, carefully, clearly, constitutionally, either, explicitly, legally, long, merely, never, officially, only, previously, rather, thus, very
(v.)proscribe + nounHelp action, activity, article, attack, attempt, authority, behavior, book, choice, code, conduct, crime, decade, discrimination, effect, expression, flag, force, form, government, ground, group, harassment, interference, islam, law, life, movement, norm, others, patient, policy, practice, principle, race, reading, regulation, religion, role, rule, school, section, society, sodomy, speech, state, statute, subject, system, teaching, title, use, value, waiver, way, weapon, world, year [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: proscriber (n.)