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Webster 1913 Edition

Proscribe

Pro-scribe′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Proscribed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Proscribing
.]
[L.
proscribere
,
proscriptum
, to write before, to publish, proscribe;
pro
before +
scribere
to write. See
Scribe
. The sense of this word originated in the Roman practice of writing the names of persons doomed to death, and posting the list in public.]
1.
To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile;
as, Sylla and Marius
proscribed
each other’s adherents
.
Robert Vere, Earl of Oxford, . . . was banished the realm, and
proscribed
.
Spenser.
2.
To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit;
as, the Puritans
proscribed
theaters
.
The Arian doctrines were
proscribed
and anathematized in the famous Council of Nice.
Waterland.

Webster 1828 Edition

Proscribe

PROSCRI'BE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. proscribo; pro and scribo, to write. The sense of this word originated in the Roman practice of writing the names of persons doomed to death, and posting the list in public.]
1.
To doom to destruction; to put one out of the protection of law,and promise a reward for his head. Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.
2.
To put out of the protection of the law.
Robert Vere, earl of Oxford, was banished the realm and proscribed.
3.
To denounce and condemn as dangerous and not worthy of reception; to reject utterly.
In the year 325, the Arian doctrines were proscribed and anathematized by the council of Nice.
4.
To censure and condemn as utterly unworthy of reception.
5.
To interdict; as, to proscribe the use of ardent spirits.

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