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  1. 1. v. t. To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. command against Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 1. To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents. Robert Vere, Earl of Oxford, . . . was banished the realm, and proscribed. Spenser. 2. To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters. The Arian doctrines were proscribed and anathematized in the famous Council of Nice. Waterland. Source: webster

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