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PROHIBIT

\pɹəhˈɪbɪt], \pɹəhˈɪbɪt], \p_ɹ_ə_h_ˈɪ_b_ɪ_t]\

Definitions of PROHIBIT

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To forbid by law; hinder; prevent.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To hinder: to check or repress: to prevent: to forbid: to interdict by authority.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Prohibition.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To forbid; interdict; hinder.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To forbid; to interdict by authority; to prevent.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To forbid; to repress; to debar; to hinder; to interdict by authority.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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