What is "proscribing"

Proscribe \Pro*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proscribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Proscribing.] [L. proscribere, proscriptum, to write before, to publish, proscribe; pro before + scribere to write. See Scribe. The sense of this word originated in the Roman practice of writing the names of persons doomed to death, and posting the list in public.]

1. To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.

   Robert Vere, Earl of Oxford, . . . was banished the realm, and proscribed.
   --Spenser.

2. To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters.

   The Arian doctrines were proscribed and anathematized in the famous Council of Nice.
   --Waterland.

vb. (present participle of proscribe English)