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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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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..

Prohibited :: Prohibited (imp. & p. p.) of Prohibi.

Xenelasia :: Xenelasia (n.) A Spartan institution which prohibited strangers from residing in Sparta without permission, its object probably being to preserve the national simplicity of manners..

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..

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

Indicavit :: Indicavit (n.) A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts..

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

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

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

#NAME? :: -ory () An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amendatory, etc..

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

Contraband :: Contraband (n.) Illegal or prohibited traffic.

Exogamy :: Exogamy (n.) The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy..

Tolerate :: Tolerate (v. t.) To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices..

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..

Contraband :: Contraband (v. t.) To declare prohibited; to forbid.

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..

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

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