Word Meanings - PROSCRIBE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
publish, proscribe; pro before + scribere to write. See Scribe. The sense of this word originated in the Roman practice of writing the 1. To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and
Additional info about word: PROSCRIBE
publish, proscribe; pro before + scribere to write. See Scribe. The sense of this word originated in the Roman practice of writing the 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.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PROSCRIBE)
- Denounce
- Reprobate
- decry
- proscribe
- brand
- stigmatize
- vituperate
- defame
- Interdict
- Prohibit
- restrain
- estop
- disallow
- debar
- forbid
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of PROSCRIBE)
Related words: (words related to PROSCRIBE)
- COMMENDATOR
One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers. - BRANDLING; BRANDLIN
See WORM - BRAND IRON
1. A branding iron. 2. A trivet to set a pot on. Huloet. 3. The horizontal bar of an andiron. - DEFAMER
One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator. - APPROVEDLY
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner. - COMMENDER
One who commends or praises. - DECORATE
To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero - HONORABLE
1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an - RESTRAINABLE
Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne. - DENOUNCE
denunciare; de- + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, nuntius a 1. To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim . Denouncing wrath to come. Milton. I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish. Deut. xxx. - INTERDICT
To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual. An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his vicar general may do the same. Ayliffe. (more info) - HONORABLENESS
1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness. - DEBARB
To deprive of the beard. Bailey. - DEBARMENT
Hindrance from approach; exclusion. - DECRY
To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage. For small errors they whole plays decry. Dryden. Measures which are extolled by one half of the kingdom are naturally decried - FORBIDDANCE
The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. ow hast thou yield to transgress The strict forbiddance. Milton. - DEBARRASS
To disembarrass; to relieve. - DISALLOWABLE
Not allowable; not to be suffered. Raleigh. -- Dis`al*low"a*ble*ness, n. - RESTRAINEDLY
With restraint. Hammond. - COMMENDATARY
One who holds a living in commendam. - CONTRADISTINGUISH
To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke. - INDISTINGUISHABLE
Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form - DISAPPROVE
1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline - PEPPERBRAND
See BUNT - INDISTINGUISHING
Making no difference; indiscriminative; impartial; as, indistinguishing liberalities. Johnson.