proscriptive, a.
(prəʊˈskrɪptɪv)
[f. L. prōscript-, ppl. stem of prōscrīb-ĕre to proscribe + -ive.]
Characterized by proscribing; tending to proscribe; of the nature or character of proscription.
| 1757 Foote Author i. Wks. 1799 I. 134 A most noble triumvirate; and..as proscriptive and arbitrary, as the famous Roman one. 1781 Gibbon Decl. & F. xxxv. (1788) VI. 143 The Imperial ministers pursued with proscriptive laws, and ineffectual arms, the rebels whom they had made. 1853 Holland Mem. J. Badger i. (1854) 23 The powerful and established party..becomes proscriptive towards the new and weaker organizations. |
Hence proˈscriptively adv., by way of proscription; proˈscriptiveness, the quality of being proscriptive.
| 1882 Ogilvie (Annandale), Proscriptively. 1886 Ravlin Progr. Th. Grt. Subj. v. 70 The proscriptiveness of ecclesiastical intolerance is a characteristic of a dead church. |