PROHIBIT


Meaning of PROHIBIT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prəˈhɪbɪt ]

v.tr. (prohibited, prohibiting) (often foll. by from + verbal noun) 1 formally forbid, esp. by authority. 2 prevent; make impossible (his accident prohibits him from playing football). øprohibited degrees degrees of blood relationship within which marriage is forbidden. øøprohibiter n. prohibitor n. [ME f. L prohibere (as PRO-(1), habere hold)]

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