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prohibitory

[ proh-hib-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective



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Other Words From

  • pro·hibi·tori·ly adverb
  • nonpro·hibi·tori·ly adverb
  • nonpro·hibi·tory adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of prohibitory1

First recorded in 1585–95, prohibitory is from the Latin word prohibitōrius “restraining”; prohibit, -tory 1

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Example Sentences

The inference which ought to have been drawn from these facts was that the prohibitory system was absurd.

Reaching out a hand so white it was in itself a shock, he laid it in a certain prohibitory way on the pall, as if saying no.

In unions under the Prohibitory Order, also able-bodied single women.

The moderate use of brandy was universal, but the drunkenness which blots these days of prohibitory laws was comparatively rare.

Agriculture on a large scale finds it a heavy drawback; to agriculture on a small scale it is often prohibitory.

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