to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.

to put outside the protection of the law; outlaw.

to banish or exile.

to announce the name of (a person) as condemned to death and subject to confiscation of property.

verb

admit , allow , include , praise , welcome

verb

ban , banish , blackball * , boycott , censure , damn , denounce , deport , doom * , embargo , excommunicate , exile , expatriate , expel , forbid , interdict , ostracize , outlaw , prohibit , reject , sentencenotes:prescribe is to set down as a rule or guide or recommendation , while proscribe (\'writing before\') is to denounce or condemn , prohibit or forbid; tea and toast would be prescribed for an upset stomach while red-hot chili peppers would be proscribed (forbidden , labeled dangerous) , debar , disallow , enjoin , inhibit , taboo , condemn , exclude , sentence