Prohibit Definition

prō-hĭbĭt
prohibited, prohibiting, prohibits
verb
prohibited, prohibiting, prohibits
To refuse to permit; forbid by law or by an order.
Webster's New World
To prevent; hinder.
Webster's New World

To forbid, disallow, or proscribe; to make illegal or illicit.

The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio.
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Origin of Prohibit

  • Middle English prohibiten from Latin prohibēre prohibit- pro- in front pro–1 habēre to hold ghabh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin prohibeo (“I fend off, prevent, prohibit")

    From Wiktionary

Prohibit Sentence Examples

  • Indeed, the trouble and expense of these moulds sometimes prohibit its use.

  • Great Britain, instead of agreeing to prohibit the importation of bounty-fed sugar, was allowed to permit it under certain limits.

  • Of course, it didn't prohibit it either.

  • Much as she liked Sarah, the idea of Giddon's displeasure would prohibit any such intent.

  • At the Cape, in spite of a long endeavour to prohibit the import of the phylloxera, it appeared about 1884.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRO

Words Ending With

TITBIT

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prohibit

Words Starting With P and Ending With T

Starts With P & Ends With TStarts With PR & Ends With TStarts With P & Ends With IT

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With P8 Letter Words Ending With T