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Proscriptive

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pro·scrip·tion  (pr-skrpshn)
n.
1. The act of proscribing; prohibition.
2. The condition of having been proscribed; outlawry.
[Middle English proscripcion, from Latin prscrpti, prscrptin-, public notice of outlawry, from prscrptus, past participle of prscrbere, to proscribe; see proscribe.]
pro·scriptive adj.
pro·scriptive·ly adv.
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