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Webster 1913 Edition


Proscriptive

Pro-scrip′tive

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing.
Burke.
Pro-scrip′tive-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Proscriptive

PROSCRIP'TIVE

,
Adj.
Pertaining to or consisting in proscription; proscribing.

Definition 2024


proscriptive

proscriptive

English

Adjective

proscriptive (comparative more proscriptive, superlative most proscriptive)

  1. proscribing or prohibiting, for example as according to a norm or standard

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