PROSCRIBE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they proscribe ... he / she / it proscribes

Past simple: proscribed

Past participle: proscribed

-ing form: proscribing

Meaning:

Command against

Example:

Dad nixed our plans

Synonyms:

disallow; forbid; interdict; nix; prohibit; proscribe; veto

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "proscribe" is one way to...):

command; require (make someone do something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "proscribe"):

ban (prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure)

bar; debar; exclude (prevent from entering; keep out)

enjoin (issue an injunction)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Derivation:

proscription (rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone)

proscription (a decree that prohibits something)