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Meaning of "proscribe" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROSCRIBE

From Latin prōscrībere to put up a written public notice, from prō- in public + scrībere to write.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PROSCRIBE

prəʊˈskraɪb


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROSCRIBE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Proscribe is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb proscribe in English.

WHAT DOES PROSCRIBE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Proscription

Proscription is the public identification and official condemnation of enemies of the state. The term originates from Ancient Rome, but has been used to describe similar phenomena in other times and places. Proscription implies the elimination en masse of political rivals or personal enemies. Proscription was involved, e.g., during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution and in the political violence in Argentina against Peronists after Perón fled into exile. Proscription is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a "decree of condemnation to death or banishment" and is a heavily politically charged word, frequently used to refer to state-approved murder or persecution.

Definition of proscribe in the English dictionary

The first definition of proscribe in the dictionary is to condemn or prohibit. Other definition of proscribe is to outlaw; banish; exile. Proscribe is also to outlaw by posting his name in public.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PROSCRIBE

PRESENT

Present
I proscribe
you proscribe
he/she/it proscribes
we proscribe
you proscribe
they proscribe
Present continuous
I am proscribing
you are proscribing
he/she/it is proscribing
we are proscribing
you are proscribing
they are proscribing
Present perfect
I have proscribed
you have proscribed
he/she/it has proscribed
we have proscribed
you have proscribed
they have proscribed
Present perfect continuous
I have been proscribing
you have been proscribing
he/she/it has been proscribing
we have been proscribing
you have been proscribing
they have been proscribing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I proscribed
you proscribed
he/she/it proscribed
we proscribed
you proscribed
they proscribed
Past continuous
I was proscribing
you were proscribing
he/she/it was proscribing
we were proscribing
you were proscribing
they were proscribing
Past perfect
I had proscribed
you had proscribed
he/she/it had proscribed
we had proscribed
you had proscribed
they had proscribed
Past perfect continuous
I had been proscribing
you had been proscribing
he/she/it had been proscribing
we had been proscribing
you had been proscribing
they had been proscribing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will proscribe
you will proscribe
he/she/it will proscribe
we will proscribe
you will proscribe
they will proscribe
Future continuous
I will be proscribing
you will be proscribing
he/she/it will be proscribing
we will be proscribing
you will be proscribing
they will be proscribing
Future perfect
I will have proscribed
you will have proscribed
he/she/it will have proscribed
we will have proscribed
you will have proscribed
they will have proscribed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been proscribing
you will have been proscribing
he/she/it will have been proscribing
we will have been proscribing
you will have been proscribing
they will have been proscribing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would proscribe
you would proscribe
he/she/it would proscribe
we would proscribe
you would proscribe
they would proscribe
Conditional continuous
I would be proscribing
you would be proscribing
he/she/it would be proscribing
we would be proscribing
you would be proscribing
they would be proscribing
Conditional perfect
I would have proscribe
you would have proscribe
he/she/it would have proscribe
we would have proscribe
you would have proscribe
they would have proscribe
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been proscribing
you would have been proscribing
he/she/it would have been proscribing
we would have been proscribing
you would have been proscribing
they would have been proscribing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you proscribe
we let´s proscribe
you proscribe
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to proscribe
Past participle
proscribed
Present Participle
proscribing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROSCRIBE

ascribe · bribe · circumscribe · conscribe · describe · escribe · inscribe · interscribe · misdescribe · mistranscribe · overprescribe · oversubscribe · prescribe · redescribe · scribe · subscribe · superscribe · transcribe · tribe · unsubscribe

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROSCRIBE

prosaicism · prosaicness · prosaism · prosaist · prosateur · prosauropod · proscenia · proscenium · proscenium arch · prosciutto · proscribed · proscriber · proscript · proscription · proscriptive · proscriptively · proscriptiveness · prose · Prose Edda · prose poem

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROSCRIBE

ant tribe · caribe · gibe · imbibe · jibe · kibe · Namibe · outbribe · paedotribe · ribibe · sternotribe · subtribe · vibe

Synonyms and antonyms of proscribe in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROSCRIBE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «proscribe» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «proscribe» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PROSCRIBE

Find out the translation of proscribe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of proscribe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «proscribe» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

取缔
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

proscribir
570 millions of speakers
en

English

proscribe
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

बहिष्कार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحريم
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

запретить
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

proscrever
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

prosciutto
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

proscrire
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Prosciutto
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

verbieten
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

禁止する
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

배척
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Prosciutto
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đuổi khỏi
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

உப்பிடப்பட்ட
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

प्रॉस्कीटटो
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

prosciutto
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

proscrivere
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

zakazać
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

заборонити
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

proscrie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποκηρύξουμε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ban doen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förbjuda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

proscribe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of proscribe

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSCRIBE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of proscribe
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about proscribe

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROSCRIBE»

Discover the use of proscribe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to proscribe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hate Speech on Campus: Cases, Case Studies, and Commentary
Cases, Case Studies, and Commentary Milton Heumann, Thomas W. Church, David Redlawsk. Thus, the government may proscribe libel; but it may not make the further content discrimination of proscribing only libel critical of the government.
Milton Heumann, Thomas W. Church, David Redlawsk, 1997
2
The Fundamentals of Business Writing: At Corporations and ...
imported, ranging from agriculturals to automobiles. Here, the word “proscribe does not appear; ban or prohibit means pretty much the same as proscribe] The SEC proscribes (prohibits) under Regulation B certain transactions in securities to ...
Claudine L. Boros, 2012
3
Bonfire of the Liberties: New Labour, Human Rights, and the ...
As one solicitor with experience in this field pointed out, 'if you wanted to proscribe al-Qaeda, you had to proscribe [other organizations] as well. Ifyou wanted to keep [a particular organisation] off the list, you were accused of not wanting to ...
Keith D. Ewing, 2010
4
Discipline and Discord in the Labour Party: The Politics of ...
Firstly, many people assumed that the Executive was no longer empowered to proscribe organisations. This view confused the constitutional power to proscribe (i.e. to declare an organisation ineligible for affiliation to the Labour Party), with ...
Eric Shaw, 1988
5
The Victoria herald, a magazine for the people
For, in point of fact, if we are to take off machinery — if we are to proscribe the power-loom, wc ought to proscribe all machinery, except our thumbs and fingers; if we are to proscribe the steam-plough, the very argument that should lead us to  ...
‎1865
6
On Enlightenment
All governments proscribe some opinions; though of course they need not do so by express interdiction. There are also certain opinions which all governments proscribe: for example, that arson is innocent, or that assassination of government ...
David Stove, Andrew Irvine, 2013
7
The Telecoms Trade War: The United States, the European ...
Under existing precedent, courts have held that it is only permissible for the FCC to proscribe specific interim settlement rates because “any harm caused by the interim rates [can] be remedied.”39 Moreover, the FCC may not exercise its ...
Mark Naftel, Lawrence J. Spiwak, 2000
8
The ACT For Dummies
... words prescribe and proscribe? To prescribe is to recommend. I prescribe that you learn these two words. To proscribe is to outlaw or forbid. I proscribe your believing that the ACT has typographical errors.
Michelle Rose Gilman, Veronica Saydak, Suzee Vlk, 2005
9
Overcriminalization: The Limits of the Criminal Law
It will prove convenient to give a name to the ultimate harm the offenses of drug possession, use, and distribution are designed to proscribe. To avoid question— begging, I refer to this elusive harm as barm X.”5 What practical role does the ...
Douglas Husak, 2008
10
The Supreme Court and Sexual Harassment: Preventing ...
Thus, the government may proscribe libel; but it may not make the further content discrimination of proscribing only libel critical of the government22 Justice Scalia is making the point that while certain areas such as libel and fighting words are ...
Paul I. Weizer, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROSCRIBE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term proscribe is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Gobierno de Maduro proscribe candidatos
La alianza opositora venezolana Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) anunció ayer que denunciará ante organismos internacionales las inhabilitaciones ... «Diario El País, Jul 15»
2
Patzi proscribe el aval sindical y apunta a 3 fuentes de ingresos
Patzi proscribe el aval sindical y apunta a 3 fuentes de ingresos. El nuevo Gobernador de La Paz dijo que el departamento podría obtener al menos unos Bs ... «La Razón, Jun 15»
3
Haryana beef ban: State cannot proscribe culinary preferences of …
The state does not have the right to proscribe the culinary preferences of an individual," he added. The Haryana Assembly has passed a Bill that has banned ... «Zee News, Mar 15»
4
Pakistan falsely claims it takes 'immediate action' against terror …
“When any entity or individual is proscribed by UN, we take immediate action,” the spokesman claimed when asked by a reporter to confirm if the Haqqani ... «Long War Journal, Jan 15»
5
Cardiff terror arrests: What is a proscribed group? Who are they and …
Under the Terrorism Act 2000 the Home Secretary has the power to proscribe – forbid by law – an organisation believed to be concerned in terrorism. «WalesOnline, Dec 14»
6
Striking Doctors Accuse Government Of Plotting To Draft Soldiers To …
Meanwhile Nigeria's Minister of Health, Dr.Onyewuchi Chukwu, has denied that the government was planning to proscribe the Nigerian Medical Association ... «SaharaReporters.com, Jul 14»
7
Does Islamic law really proscribe the death penalty for apostasy?
Just when we thought the term "terrorism" could not become more meaningless or manipulated, Saudi Arabia's government seems to have proved us wrong by ... «The Yemen Times, May 14»
8
El TSJ proscribe las manifestaciones pacíficas espontáneas
El TSJ proscribe las manifestaciones pacíficas espontáneas. La Sala Constitucional acaba de determinar que el derecho a la manifestación pacífica, previsto en ... «El Universal, Apr 14»
9
Somaliland: Hatuuf Media Group Proscribe
The court order indicated that that the newspaper has been proscribed for publishing false and malicious reports about senior government personnel thence ... «Somaliland Sun, Apr 14»
10
Ultra-Orthodox rabbis proscribe IDF soldier costumes
Ultra-Orthodox Jews should refrain from dressing up, or dressing their children, as Israeli soldiers for the Jewish holiday of Purim this year, according to an edict ... «The Times of Israel, Feb 14»
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