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Prohibit

//pɹoʊˈhɪbɪt// verb

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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

Etymology

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

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