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Proscriptive

Proscriptive \Pro*scrip"tive\, a. Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing.
--Burke. -- Pro*scrip"tive*ly, adv.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
proscriptive

1757, from Latin proscript-, past participle stem of proscribere (see proscribe) + -ive. Related: Proscriptively.

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proscriptive

a. proscribe or prohibiting, for example as according to a norm or standard

Usage examples of "proscriptive".

Imperial ministers pursued with proscriptive laws, and ineffectual arms, the rebels whom they had made.