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prohibit
/ prəˈhɪbɪt /
verb
- to forbid by law or other authority
- 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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prohibit1
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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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