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prohibit

[ proh-hib-it ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law:

    Smoking is prohibited here.

    Synonyms: interdict

    Antonyms: permit

  2. to forbid the action of (a person).
  3. to prevent; hinder.

    Synonyms: obstruct



prohibit

/ prəˈhɪbɪt /

verb

  1. to forbid by law or other authority
  2. to hinder or prevent


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Derived Forms

  • proˈhibiter, noun

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Other Words From

  • pro·hib·it·er pro·hib·i·tor noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of prohibit1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin prohibitus, past participle of prohibēre “to hold before, hold back, hinder, forbid,” equivalent to pro- pro- 1 + -hibēre, combining form of habēre “to have, hold”; habit 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of prohibit1

C15: from Latin prohibēre to prevent, from pro- 1+ habēre to hold

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Synonym Study

See forbid.

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Example Sentences

At that point, the Library of Congress can once again decide to prohibit consumers from unlocking their cell phones.

No problem—Congress is about to prohibit us from buying them.

His first demand was that the country's official constitution be rewritten to prohibit extradition.

And the health law might not prohibit it, opening a door to potential erosion of employer-based coverage.

And yet Louisiana does not prohibit a far stranger peccadillo: sex with corpses.

He should not consider himself to be called upon to prohibit only some practices clearly evinced to be sinful.

The state may prohibit a telegraph company from transmitting racetrack news.

Small wonder that the rules of the Board of Control prohibit the use of the stern blast under one thousand feet.

After having thus prepossessed our minds, they next prohibit our examining the things so important to be known.

As, in a savage state, most possessions are those which are useful in war, he would prohibit theft.

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