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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-842/
- Published: 2022-05-20T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-03-20T18:43:20.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

The word for today is…

proscribe (verb):  
1 : to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state  
2 : to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful : prohibit

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proscribe?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Proscribe and prescribe each have a Latin-derived prefix that means “before” attached to the verb “scribe” (from scribere, meaning “to write”). Yet the two words have very distinct, often nearly opposite meanings. Why? In a way, you could say it’s the law. In the 15th and 16th centuries both words had legal implications. To proscribe was to publish the name of a person who had been condemned, outlawed, or banished. To prescribe meant “to lay down a rule,” including legal rules or orders.

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