\Pro*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proscribed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Proscribing}.] [L. proscribere, proscriptum, to
write before, to publish, proscribe; pro before + scribere to
write. See {Scribe}. The sense of this word originated in the
Roman practice of writing the names of persons doomed to
death, and posting the list in public.]
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.