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9 words match “PROSCRIBE”

PROSCRIBE v. 2 definitions
struction; 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.
PROSCRIBER n.
One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits.
ALL adv.
but. (a) Scarcely; not even. [Obs.] Shak. (b) Almost; nearly. "The fine arts were all but proscribed." Macaulay. -- All hollow, entirely, completely; as, to beat any one all hollow. [Low] -- All one, the same thing in effect; that is, wholly the same thing. -- All over, over the whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; as,…
AMISH a.
signating, the followers of Jacob Amman, a strict Mennonite of the 17th century, who even proscribed the use of buttons and shaving as "worldly conformity". There are several branches of Amish Mennonites in the United States.
IMMODEST a.
persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc. Immodest deeds you hinder to be wrought, But we proscribe the least immodest thought. Dryden.
OUTLAW v.
To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe. Blackstone.
PROSCRIPT n.
One who is proscribed. [R.]
PROSCRIPTION n.
The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition. Macaulay.
PROSCRIPTIONIST n.
One who proscribes.