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To prohibit is to forbid someone from doing something or to prevent something from being done.

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When you tell someone they are not allowed to enter your home and stop them from doing so, this is an example of a situation where you prohibit the person from entering your house.

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transitive verb

to refuse to permit; forbid by law or by an order
to prevent; hinder

Origin: ME prohibeten < L prohibitus, pp. of prohibere, to prohibit < pro-, before (see pro-) + habere, to have (see habit)

Related Forms:

prohibiter noun or prohibitor

See prohibit in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb pro·hib·it·ed, pro·hib·it·ing, pro·hib·its

To forbid by authority: Smoking is prohibited in most theaters. See Synonyms at forbid.
To prevent; preclude: Modesty prohibits me from saying what happened.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English prohibiten

Origin: , from Latin prohibēre, prohibit-

Origin: : pro-, in front; see pro-¹

Origin: + habēre, to hold; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots

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