Used in a Sentence

proscribe

How to use proscribe in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for proscribe.

Editorial note

" To "proscribe" means to make forbidden or illegal.

Examples16
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of proscribe gathered in one view.

verb

command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for proscribe.

verb

command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

Example sentences

1

" To "proscribe" means to make forbidden or illegal.

2

You have to assume some basic moral principles to proscribe who has a right to what.

3

I can't pretend to proscribe any decisions Aaron made.

4

The issue is that doctors proscribe antibiotics at the drop of the hat.

5

They might proscribe a painkiller, but otherwise she would sit around for a couple of days with a headache and be OK.

6

I am not remotely confident that laws proscribe everything they should proscribe.

7

Feminism doesn't proscribe that you attack women who exercise their self autonomy.

8

[from the 1640s]> ^ Some authorities proscribe the last sense, "contradiction of circumstances and expectations, condition contrary to what might be expected"[2], but it has been common since the 1600s.

9

Unfortunately, it does proscribe pointer manipulation patterns which are popular in C programming, so it was excluded from C++ to align with the "C with classes" marketing.

10

He willfully violated laws designed to proscribe exactly the conduct he was engaged in, conduct that to your average person smacks of criminal activity.

11

Technology has outpaced the ability of governments to proscribe voluntary interaction.

12

Systems and designs that proscribe for only 2 genders or that genders are static are inherently discriminating.> I'm sure there are people in the same situation that haven't had this problem, so how it isn't user error is beyond me.

13

Poverty can drive a person crazy, and when national economic policies proscribe mandatory unemployment so that oligarchs will stop crying about wage prices, bad things can be seen as being designed into the system.

14

The cultural phenomenon of racism or sexism is not well-represented by a single person's experiences and it certainly doesn't give them any more license than an expert to attempt to proscribe a treatment.

15

Yes, but for placebos they proscribe low-level, relatively harmless antibiotics instead of nuclear-level drugs like clindamycin that decimate your internal flora and leave you with galloping diarrhea that can kill you.

16

This is a lot of verbiage that doesn't address the basic point I made that you're trying to rebut: the Constitution doesn't proscribe foreign surveillance of any sort, including industrial espionage, and the American people don't broadly oppose industrial espionage, because to the extent that Boeing outperforms Airbus in the global marketplace, they benefit, if only marginally.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use proscribe in a sentence?

" To "proscribe" means to make forbidden or illegal.

What does proscribe mean?

command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

What part of speech is proscribe?

proscribe is commonly used as verb.