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Definition of prohibit

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Prohibit (v. t.) To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing..

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Interdictory :: Interdictory (a.) Belonging to an interdiction; prohibitory.

Prohibit :: Prohibit (v. t.) To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing..

Statute :: Statute (n.) An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; -- used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law, under Common, a..

Veto :: Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

Contraband :: Contraband (v. t.) To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle..

Proscriber :: Proscriber (n.) One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits..

Lancegaye :: Lancegaye (n.) A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II.

Prohibitionist :: Prohibitionist (n.) One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in commerce; a protectionist.

Enactment :: Enactment (n.) That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment..

Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.

Forfend :: Forfend (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.

Veto :: Veto (n.) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes..

Allowableness :: Allowableness (n.) The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety.

Prohibition :: Prohibition (n.) The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.

Forspeak :: Forspeak (v. t.) To forbid; to prohibit.

Proscribe :: Proscribe (v. t.) To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters..

Incest :: Incest (n.) The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.

Prohibitive :: Prohibitive (a.) That prohibits; prohibitory; as, a tax whose effect is prohibitive..

Embar :: Embar (v. t.) To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.

Forbiddance :: Forbiddance (n.) The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.