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proscribe - Dictionary definition and meaning for proscribe

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"
synonyms : disallow , forbid , interdict , nix , prohibit , veto
Father has proscribed any telephone calls from being made after 10 p.m. -added by naila_inlas

Mnemonics for proscribe

(Tag: ) When you want a magazine, you PREscribe(subscribe) it. Similarly when you want to stop it, you will have to PROSCRIBE. SO PROSCRIBE = prohibit
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(Tag: ) A doctor Prescribes medicines and Proscribes unhealthy food...
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(Tag: ) it can be written like this pro means before + scribe means to write .SO A WRITER WHOSE WRITING ARE PROHIBITED TO BE PUBLISHED in that country.
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(Tag: ) Anyone know Salman Rushdie? (PRO)secute the (SCRIBE) if he writes derogatory remarks about Islam. derogatory
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SYN: ban, banish, condemn, denounce, exclude, exile, expatriate, forbid, outlaw, prohibit, sentence, taboo added by gatz_funky

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