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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
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definition 2: |
to denounce or condemn.
- synonyms:
- censure, condemn, damn, denounce
- antonyms:
- authorize
- similar words:
- anathematize, blacklist, curse, disapprove
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related words: |
blackball, damn, deny, embargo, forbid, inhibit, outlaw |
adverb + (v.)proscribe
already, also, carefully, clearly, constitutionally, either, explicitly, legally, long, merely, never, officially, only, previously, rather, thus, very
(v.)proscribe
+ noun
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
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derivation: |
proscriber (n.) |
The word proscribe
contains the following parts:
pro-1
Latin
prefix
that means before, forward, forth
  Example words:
procedure, proceed, proclaim, proclivity, procrastinate, procreate, procumbent, procure, prodigal, produce, profane, profess, proffer, proficient, profound, profuse, progenitor, progeny, progress, project, projectile, prolate, prolix, prominent, promise, promote, promulgate, pronominal, pronoun, propagate, propel, propensity, proponent, proposal, propose, proposition, propound, prorogue, proscribe, prosecute, prospect, prospective, prospectus, protect, protract, protrude, protuberant, proverb, proverbial, provide, provident, proviso, provoke, provost
scrib, script
Latin
root
that means to write
  Example words:
ascribe, ascription, circumscribe, conscript, conscription, describe, description, descriptive, escritoire, imprescriptible, indescribable, inscribe, inscription, manuscript, nondescript, oversubscribe, postscript, prescribe, prescript, prescriptible, prescription, prescriptive, proscribe, proscription, rescript, scribal, scribble, scribbler, scribe1, scrip, script, scriptorium, scriptural, Scripture, scriptwriter, scrivener, subscribe, subscript, subscription, superscribe, superscript, transcribe, transcript, transcriptase, typescript
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