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.
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v. command against
Word Usage
"On most washdays I use chlorine bleach on several articles whose labels proscribe it, without the slightest damage, and many of these have been receiving chlorine bleach now and then for years."