proscribe
verb (used with object)
to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
have proscribed
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present perfectof proscribe.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“The Virginia Legislature could not have regulated the advertiser’s activity in New York, and obviously could not have proscribed the activity in that state,” he wrote.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2022
So, various colleges and universities have proscribed speech that might “annoy or otherwise inconvenience” anyone, and certain “attitudes,” and “verbal harm” from injurious “assumptions” or “implications.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2022
“It’s like a bad marriage in which we have proscribed roles,” the Pakistani lawyer said.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2010
Most of the northern and middle states have proscribed for ever, the importation of slaves; and in some others, the prohibition is limited to a certain time.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various
It was this generous disposition to defy control which induced her to procure for Alice, secretly, some means of education, which the stern genius of puritanism would have proscribed.
From Peveril of the Peak by Sir Walter Scott
