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proscribe

verb
/pɹəˈskɹaɪb//ˈpɹəʊˌskɹaɪb/UK/ˈpɹoʊˌskɹaɪb/US

Etymology

From Middle English proscriben, from Latin prōscrībō (“to proclaim, forbid, banish”).

  1. derived from prōscrībō — “to proclaim, forbid, banish”
  2. inherited from proscriben

Definitions

  1. To forbid or prohibit.

    • The law proscribes driving a car while intoxicated.

  2. To denounce.

    • The word ‘ain't’ is proscribed by many authorities.

  3. To banish or exclude.

    • Many Roman citizens were proscribed for taking part in rebellions.

The neighborhood

Derived

deproscribe, proscribable, proscriber

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at proscribe. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01proscribe02prohibit03illicit04unlawful05prohibited06forbidden07forbid

A definitional loop anchored at proscribe. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at proscribe

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA