prescribe or proscribe

prescribe

(prĭ-skrīb')
v., -scribed, -scrib·ing, -scribes. v.tr.

1. To set down as a rule or guide; enjoin. See synonyms at dictate.
2. To order the use of (a medicine or other treatment).

v.intr.

1. To establish rules, laws, or directions.
2. To order a medicine or other treatment.
3. Law.
   1. To assert a right or title to something on the grounds of prescription.
   2. To become invalidated or unenforceable by the process of prescription.

[Middle English prescriben, from Latin praescrībere : prae-, pre- + scrībere, to write.]

proscribe

(prō-skrīb')

tr.v., -scribed, -scrib·ing, -scribes.

1. To denounce or condemn.
2. To prohibit; forbid. See synonyms at forbid.
3. 1. To banish or outlaw (a person).
   2. To publish the name of (a person) as outlawed.

[Middle English proscriben, from Latin prōscrībere, to put up someone's name as outlawed : prō-, in front; see pro–¹ + scrībere, to write.]