proscriptive
81prohibitive — adj preventive, restrictive, constrictive, constraining, restraining, confining; exclusive, preclusive, exceptional; proscriptive, forbidding, inhibitory, prohibitory, interdictive, repressive, suppressive; segregative, selective, separative …
82proscription — /proʊˈskrɪpʃən/ (say proh skripshuhn) noun 1. the act of proscribing. 2. the state of being proscribed. 3. outlawry; interdiction. {Middle English proscripcioun, from Latin} –proscriptive, adjective –proscriptively, adverb …
83prohibitive — [adj] restrictive; beyond one’s financial means conditional, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, forbidding, highpriced, limiting, preposterous, preventing, prohibiting, proscriptive, repressive, restraining, sky high*, steep*,… …
84proscribe — v.t. outlaw; prohibit; condemn as harmful. ♦ proscription, n. ♦ proscriptive, a …
85prescribe — ► VERB 1) recommend and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment). 2) state authoritatively that (an action or procedure) should be carried out. USAGE On the confusion between prescribe and proscribe, see the note at PROSCRIBE(Cf.… …
86proscribe — ► VERB 1) forbid, especially by law. 2) denounce or condemn. 3) historical outlaw (someone). DERIVATIVES proscription noun proscriptive adjective. USAGE The words proscribe and …
87proscription — proscribe ► VERB 1) forbid, especially by law. 2) denounce or condemn. 3) historical outlaw (someone). DERIVATIVES proscription noun proscriptive adjective. USAGE The words proscribe and …
88proscription — [prō skrip′shən] n. [ME proscripcioun < L proscriptio < proscriptus, pp.] 1. a proscribing or being proscribed 2. prohibition or interdiction proscriptive adj. proscriptively adv …
89proscribe — v.tr. 1 banish, exile (proscribed from the club). 2 put (a person) outside the protection of the law. 3 reject or denounce (a practice etc.) as dangerous etc. Derivatives: proscription n. proscriptive adj. Etymology: L proscribere (as PRO (1),… …
90proscriptively — adverb see proscriptive * * * prōscripˈtively adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑proscribe …
