Proscribed vs. Prescribed — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Proscribed and Prescribed
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Proscribed
To prohibit; forbid
Foods that are proscribed by religious dietary laws.
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Prescribed
To set down as a rule, law, or direction
Prescribed the terms of the surrender.
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Proscribed
To denounce or condemn
"The small sins of natural pleasure that we see ... mildly proscribed in the confession manuals of the late Middle Ages" (James Turner).
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Prescribed
To order the use of (a medicine or other treatment).
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Proscribed
To banish or outlaw (a person)
"Emperors took it on themselves to proscribe heretics" (Garry Wills).
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Prescribed
To establish rules, laws, or directions.
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Proscribed
To publish the name of (a person) as outlawed.
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Prescribed
To order a medicine or other treatment.
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Proscribed
Simple past tense and past participle of proscribe
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Prescribed
Simple past tense and past participle of prescribe
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Proscribed
Excluded from use or mention;
Forbidden fruit
In our house dancing and playing cards were out
A taboo subject
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Prescribed
Of a procedure, specified to a great degree of detail; established as following a strict procedure or set of rules.
Short-term energy monitoring tuning follows a very prescribed procedure; building shell parameters are adjusted first, then HVAC efficiency.
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Prescribed
Set down as a rule or guide
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Prescribed
Fixed or established especially by order or command;
At the time appointed (or the appointed time
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Prescribed
Conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline;
In prescribed order
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Prescribed
Formally laid down or imposed;
Positive laws
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