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▪ I. proscript, a. and n.1 [ad. L. prōscript-us, pa. pple. of prōscrīb-ĕre to proscribe. So obs. F. proscript, F. proscrit.] †A. adj. |prəʊˈskrɪpt|. Proscribed: see proscribe v. 2. Obs.
1582–8Hist. James VI (1825) 29 The disobeyers war maid proscript and forefaltit, to the end he mycht be also anoyntit with the fatnes of thair lands and rents. 1600Holland Livy lxxxix. Epit. 1252 Cn. Domitius, one of the proscript outlawes. 1628tr. Mathieu's Powerfull Favorite 29 A Proscript man who to enioy the goods of his wife, told her that he would kill himselfe, she added that she would accompanie him. B. n. |ˈprəʊskrɪpt|. One who is proscribed.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 148 L. Cæsar, her brother, when hee was a proscript or outlawe. 1652–62Heylin Cosmogr. i. (1682) 240 So high an estimat did they set upon the casual death of this Proscript. 1835Shoberl tr. Chateaubriand's Trav. Introd. (ed. 3) I. 37 Proscripts never open a public school of philosophy. 1899Blackw. Mag. June 1003/2 No proscript could find a refuge beyond the reach of the Cæsars. ▪ II. † proscript, n.2 Obs. rare. [ad. L. prōscript-um, pa. pple. neut. of prōscrīb-ĕre to proscribe.] A prohibition, an interdict.
1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 374/1 He should be within the daunger of this proscript. Ibid., Princes to auoyd the paine of thys proscript, were ready to do whatsoeuer the pope would haue them..do. |