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.

Editor: Tess

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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