Definition of prohibit

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Prohibit (v. t.) To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.

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Forbiddance :: Forbiddance (n.) The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.
Forbidden :: Forbidden (a.) Prohibited; interdicted.
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..
Disobedient :: Disobedient (a.) Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts..
Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade..
Lancegaye :: Lancegaye (n.) A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II.
Interdiction :: Interdiction (n.) The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict.
Inhibit :: Inhibit (v. t.) To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
Proscriber :: Proscriber (n.) One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits..
Prohibitory :: Prohibitory (a.) Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price..
Interdictory :: Interdictory (a.) Belonging to an interdiction; prohibitory.
Prohibition :: Prohibition (n.) Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages..
Taboo :: Taboo (n.) A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction..
Export :: Export (n.) The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the export of wheat or tobacco..
Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.
Forbidding :: Forbidding (a.) Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air..
Prohibitionist :: Prohibitionist (n.) One who favors the prohibition of the sale (or of the sale and manufacture) of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
Contraband :: Contraband (v. t.) To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle..
Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.
Prohibitionist :: Prohibitionist (n.) One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in commerce; a protectionist.
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