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proscribe - Dictionary definition and meaning for proscribe

PROSCRIBE

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  • (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

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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

    added by k-electron    editEdit Mnemonic

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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

    added by menon_ranjit    editEdit Mnemonic

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User Comments

  • SYN: ban, banish, condemn, denounce, exclude, exile, expatriate, forbid, outlaw, prohibit, sentence, taboo added by gatz_funky

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