Category:Proscribe

Pro*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proscribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Proscribing.] Etym: [l. proscribere, proscriptum, to write before, to Publish, proscribe; pro before + scribere to write. See scribe. The Sense of this word originated in the roman practice of writing the Names of persons doomed to death, and posting the list in public.]

1. To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to Outlaw; to exile; as, sylla and marius proscribed each other's Adherents. Robert vere, earl of oxford,. . . was banished the realm, and Proscribed. Spenser.

2. To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters. The arian doctrines were proscribed and anathematized in the famous Council of nice. Waterland.