Proscribe



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 禁止
• ［英］ v. 禁止 ( to forbid as harmful or unlawful; prohibit)
• ［类］ 反义词: permit ( 允许) ; sanction ( 批准)
• ［记］ pro ( 前面) +scribe ( 写) -> 写在前面 -> 禁止
• ［同］ 同根词: prescribe ( 开处方) ; circumscribe ( 限定)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (proscribed; proscribing)

• Etymology: Latin proscribere to publish, proscribe, from pro- before + scribere to write — more at scribe
• Date: 1560
• 1. to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
• 2. to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful ; prohibit
• ? proscriber noun

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