Crossword clues for proscriptive
proscriptive
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
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.