verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit. transitive

   "The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio."

2. 2
   command against wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

disallowforbidforbidproscribebaninterdict

Antonyms

All antonyms

abetadmitallowapprove

Example

More examples

"Many countries have passed laws to prohibit people from smoking in public places."

Etymology

From Middle English prohibiten, from Latin prohibeō (“I fend off, prevent, prohibit”) (through past participle prohibitus).

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