Associations to the word «Proscribe»

Wiktionary

PROSCRIBE, verb. (transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
PROSCRIBE, verb. (transitive) To denounce.
PROSCRIBE, verb. (transitive) To banish or exclude.

Dictionary definition

PROSCRIBE, verb. Command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope