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)

• Distinguish
• honor
• decorate
• Sanction
• commend
• approve

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.