Prohibit
[prə(ʊ)'hɪbɪt] or [prə'hɪbɪt]
Definition
(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.
(v. t.) To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Hinder, prevent, debar, preclude, restrain.[2]. Forbid, inhibit, disallow, interdict.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Forbid, interdict, debar, hinder, check, prevent, disallow, inhibit
ANT:Permit, grant, allow, sanction
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Definition
v.t. to hinder: to check or repress: to prevent: to forbid: to interdict by authority.—ns. Prohib′iter; Prohibi′tion the act of prohibiting forbidding or interdicting: an interdict: the forbidding by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks; Prohib′itionism; Prohibi′tionist one who favours prohibitory duties in commerce: one who advocates the forbidding by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks.—adj. Prohib′itive.—adv. Prohib′itively.—adj. Prohib′itory that prohibits or forbids: forbidding.—Prohibited degrees (see Forbidden degrees under Degree).—Writ of prohibition (law) a writ from a superior tribunal staying proceedings in a lower court: (Scots law) a clause in a deed of entail forbidding the heir to sell the estate contract debt &c.
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Examples
- All the members of the administration besides, trade more or less upon their own account; and it is in vain to prohibit them from doing so. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But we shall continue to prohibit all poetry which goes beyond hymns to the Gods and praises of famous men. Plato. The Republic.
- But it had soon been found, that to restrain the exportation of wheat till the price was so very low, was, in reality, to prohibit it altogether. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That rates of toll have been imposed on steam carriages which would prohibit them being used on several lines of roads, were such charges permitted to remain unaltered. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Prohibit the exportation of your cloth, your leather and shoes, your ironware, and your manufactures of all sorts, to make them all cheaper at home. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- There would be no occasion to prohibit the importation of foreign silks and velvets. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Would it be a reasonable law to prohibit the importation of all foreign wines, merely to encourage the making of claret and Burgundy in Scotland? Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The champions were therefore prohibited to thrust with the sword, and were confined to striking. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Watch-cases, clock-cases, and dial-plates for clocks and watches, have been prohibited to be exported. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Balls will be absolutely prohibited, unless you stand up with one of your sisters. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Certain of his writings were declared false and prohibited, and he was admonished that he must follow certain lines in his teachings. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- For this reason, many states have prohibited the use of alum in baking powders. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The exportation of unmanufactured brass, of what is called gun-metal, bell-metal, and shroff metal, still continues to be prohibited. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Such importation, therefore, instead of being encouraged, has frequently been prohibited. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I told him that no order had been issued prohibiting the congregation attending the church. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And to see the old dowager making her recline on a couch, and 'my son John' prohibiting excitement, etcetera--faugh! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They started out to abolish human instincts, check economic tendencies and repress social changes by laws prohibiting them. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As early as 1483, pins were important enough in England to warrant the passing of a law by Parliament prohibiting their importation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When the law prohibits interest altogether, it does not prevent it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That will I do blithely, replied the Pilgrim, and without guerdon; my oath, for a time, prohibits me from touching gold. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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