Definition of prohibit Prohibit

/pɹowhɪˈbʌt/ - [prowhibut] - pro•hib•it

We found 7 definitions of prohibit from 6 different sources.

What does prohibit mean?

Verb
prohibit - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
		forbid, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix
		countenance, permit, let, allow consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
		require, command make someone do something
		ban prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"
		debar, bar, exclude prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
		enjoin issue an injunction
		criminalise, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw, criminalize declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."

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prohibit (Verb)
To forbid, disallow, or proscribe; to make illegal or illicit.

prohibit (v. t.)
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.
prohibit (v. t.)
To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.

prohibit
prō-hib′it, v.t. to hinder: to check or repress: to prevent: to forbid: to interdict by authority.—ns. Prohib′iter; Prohibi′tion, the act of prohibiting, forbidding, or interdicting: an interdict: the forbidding by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks; Prohib′itionism; Prohibi′tionist, one who favours prohibitory duties in commerce: one who advocates the forbidding by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks.—adj. Prohib′itive.—adv. Prohib′itively.—adj. Prohib′itory, that prohibits or forbids: forbidding.—Prohibited degrees (see Forbidden degrees, under Degree).—Writ of prohibition (law), a writ from a superior tribunal staying proceedings in a lower court: (Scots law) a clause in a deed of entail forbidding the heir to sell the estate, contract debt, &c. [L. prohibēre, prohibitum—pro, before, habēre, to have.]