different between proscription vs proscribe

English

Etymology

From Middle English proscripcion, from Latin pr?scr?pti?, from pr?scr?b? (originally "publish in writing"), from pr?- and scr?b? (“write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???sk??p.??n/, /p?o??sk??p.??n/
• Rhymes: -?p??n
• Hyphenation: pro?scrip?tion

Noun

proscription (countable and uncountable, plural proscriptions)

1. A prohibition.
2. (historical) Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
   • 1837, Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb, Tacitus' Annals, book 1

     He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription [...]

3. The act of proscribing, or its result.
4. A decree or law that prohibits.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with prescription

Related terms

• proscribe
• proscriptive
• proscriptively

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin pr?scr?pti?, from pr?scr?bere (originally "publish in writing"), from pr?- and scr?bere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??s.k?ip.sj??/

Noun

proscription f (plural proscriptions)

1. (historical) Condemnation made against political opponents, especially the Roman antiquity and during the French Revolution.
2. Banishment of a person or group.
3. Proscription (2)

Related terms

• proscrire
• proscripteur

Further reading

• “proscription” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English proscriben, from Latin pr?scr?b? (“to proclaim, forbid, banish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???sk?a?b/
• (distinguished from prescribe):
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?p????sk?a?b/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?p?o??sk?a?b/
• Rhymes: -a?b
• Homophone: prescribe (in some dialects)

Verb

proscribe (third-person singular simple present proscribes, present participle proscribing, simple past and past participle proscribed)

1. (transitive) To forbid or prohibit.

2. (transitive) To denounce.

   Antonym: recommend
3. (transitive) To banish or exclude.

Antonyms

• prescribe

Related terms

• proscription
• proscriptive

Derived terms

• proscriber

Translations

Latin

Verb

pr?scr?be

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pr?scr?b?

Spanish

Verb

proscribe

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of proscribir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of proscribir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of proscribir.