Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

proscribe

 

1) to prohibit; to interdict; 2) to put outside the protection of the law; to banish, exile.

 

One expects a dictator to proscribe the use of shortwave radios, lest the populace become aware of their miserable condition vis-à-vis that of a free people.

 

Related English words: proscription (a proscribing or being proscribed; a prohibition), proscriptive (proscribing)

 

Latin root words: proscribo, proscribere, proscripsi, proscriptus - to make known; to advertise; to confiscate; to outlaw; scribo, scribere, scripsi, scriptus - to write; proscriptio, proscriptionis, f. - advertisement; proscription

 

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