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Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To denounce or condemn.
  • v. To prohibit; forbid. See Synonyms at forbid.
  • v. To banish or outlaw (a person).
  • v. To publish the name of (a person) as outlawed.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To forbid or prohibit.
  • v. To denounce.
  • v. To banish or exclude.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile.
  • v. To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To publish the name of, as condemned to death and liable to confiscation of property.
  • To put out of the protection of the law; banish; outlaw; exile.
  • To denounce and condemn as dangerous; reject utterly; interdict; prohibit.
  • Synonyms To doom.
  • To forbid.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. command against
  • Antonym
    prescribe   
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    command    require   
    Hyponym
    criminalise    illegalize    ban    illegalise    exclude    debar    bar    outlaw    criminalize    enjoin   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    interdict    prohibit    outlaw    forbid   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Scribe    ascribe    bribe    circumscribe    describe    gibe    imbibe    inscribe    jibe    oversubscribe