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.
Prohibit(v. t.) To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
Prohibited(imp. & p. p.) of Prohibit
Prohibiter(n.) One who prohibits or forbids; a forbidder; an interdicter.
Prohibiting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prohibit
Prohibition(n.) The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
Prohibition(n.) Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
Prohibitive(a.) That prohibits; prohibitory; as, a tax whose effect is prohibitive.
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