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1. (v.t.) prohibit
to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law.
2. prohibit
to forbid the action of (a person).
3. prohibit
to prevent; hinder.
Etymology: (1400–50; < L prohibitus, ptp. of prohibēre to hold before, hold back, hinder, forbid =pro-pro -1+-hibēre, comb. form of habēre to have, hold; see habit1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix
command against
"I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
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1. (verb) prohibit
to officially forbid
a law that prohibits the spanking of children; Smoking is prohibited in all restaurants.; a prohibition on alcohol
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1. (verb) prohibit
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
2. (verb) prohibit
to hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude
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Sense: to forbid
Smoking is prohibited.
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 Afrikaans: verbied |
 Arabic: يَمْنَع |
 Bulgarian: забранявам |
 Brazilian: proibir |
 Czech: zakázat |
 German: verbieten |
 Danish: forbyde |
 Greek: απαγορεύω |
 Spanish: prohibir |
 Estonian: keelama |
 Farsi: ممنوع کردن |
 Finnish: kieltää |
 French: interdire |
 Hebrew: לֶאֱסוֹר |
 Hindi: निषेध करना |
 Hungarian: (meg)tilt |
 Indonesian: melarang |
 Icelandic: banna |
 Italian: proibire |
 Japanese: 禁止する |
 Korean: 금지하다 |
 Lithuanian: (už)drausti |
 Latvian: aizliegt |
 Malay: melarang |
 Dutch: verbieden |
 Norwegian: forby |
 Polish: zabronić |
 Persian: ممنوع کردن |
 Pashto: منع كول |
 Portuguese: proibir |
 Romanian: a interzice |
 Russian: запрещать |
 Slovak: zakázať |
 Slovenian: prepovedati |
 Serbian: zabraniti |
 Swedish: förbjuda |
 Thai: ห้าม |
 Turkish: yasaklamak |
 Taiwanese: 禁止 |
 Ukrainian: забороняти |
 Urdu: منع کرنا |
 Vietnamese: cấm |
 Chinese: 禁止 |
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