01 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p.
Proscribed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Proscribing
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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.
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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.