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to proscribe
01
to officially ban the existence or practice of something
Transitive: to proscribe an action or practice
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
proscribe
3rd person singular
proscribes
Present participle
proscribing
Past simple
proscribed
Past participle
proscribed
Examples
The government decided to proscribe the use of certain chemicals due to environmental concerns.
Lexical Tree
proscribed
proscribe
