prohibit

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From Latin prohibeo (I fend off, prevent, prohibit)

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prohibit (third-person singular simple present prohibits, present participle prohibiting, simple past and past participle prohibited)

  1. (transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe; to make illegal or illicit.
    The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio.

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prohibit

  1. Past participle of prohibir.