proscribe
verb (used with object)
to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
proscriber
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a word derived from
proscribe.
Example Sentences
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Chip was a confirmed vegetarian, a proscriber of all animal nourishment, of all fermented liquors, half a Mussulman, half a Brahman.
From Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne
I would rather be proscribed than be a proscriber.
From The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo
The English deposed Edward II., seconded the activity of Edward III,, and condemned and banished the proscriber Richard.
From The Power Of The Popes by Pierre Claude Fran?ois Daunou
