proscribe  /proʊ ˈskraɪb/ ? Meaning of "proscribe"

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Definition(s):

  • (v) command against

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Usage(s):

  1. And the magnificent swirl of the cosmos simply marks time: it cannot tell us of history, cannot instruct us on what to remember, what to proscribe, what to avoid.
  2. No two of the assembled experts agreed completely on the relative advantages and risks of the Pill, or in defining the patients for whom they would prescribe or proscribe it.
  3. Federal Communications Commission regulations proscribe "obscene, indecent or profane language" on the air, but the agency has not prosecuted broadcasters for using Lang's particular colloquialisms.
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