prohibit
verb
1 prohibit
Command against.
synonyms: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, proscribe, veto.
Roget 761:
prohibit,
inhibit;
forbid,
put one's veto upon,
disallow,
enjoin,
ban,
outlaw,
taboo,
proscribe,
estop [Law];
bar;
debar
etc.
(hinder)
706,
forefend.
keep in,
keep within bounds;
restrain
etc.
751;
cohibit†,
withhold,
limit,
circumscribe,
clip the wings of,
restrict;
interdict,
taboo;
put under an interdiction,
place under an interdiction;
put under the ban,
place under the ban;
proscribe;
exclude,
shut out;
shut the door,
bolt the door,
show the door;
warn off;
dash the cup from one's lips;
forbid the banns.
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Roget 751:
restrain,
check;
put under restraint,
lay under restraint;
enthral,
enthrall,
inthral†,
inthrall†,
bethral†,
bethrall†;
restrict;
debar
etc.
(hinder)
706;
constrain;
coerce
etc.
(compel)
744;
curb,
control;
hold back,
hold from,
hold in,
hold in check,
hold within bounds,
keep back,
keep from,
keep in,
keep in check,
keep within bounds;
hold in leash,
hold in leading strings;
withhold.
keep under;
repress,
suppress;
smother;
pull in,
rein in;
hold,
hold fast;
keep a tight hand on;
prohibit
etc.
761;
inhibit,
cohibit†.
enchain;
fasten
etc.
(join)
43;
fetter,
shackle;
entrammel†;
bridle,
muzzle,
hopple†,
gag,
pinion,
manacle,
handcuff,
tie one's hands,
hobble,
bind hand and foot;
swathe,
swaddle;
pin down,
tether;
picket;
tie down,
tie up;
secure;
forge fetters;
disable,
hamstring
(incapacitate)
158.
confine;
shut up,
shut in;
clap up,
lock up,
box up,
mew up,
bottle up,
cork up,
seal up,
button up;
hem in,
bolt in,
wall in,
rail in;
impound,
pen,
coop;
inclose
etc.
(circumscribe)
229;
cage;
incage†,
encage†;
close the door upon,
cloister;
imprison,
immure;
incarcerate,
entomb;
clap under hatches,
lay under hatches;
put in irons,
put in a strait-waistcoat;
throw into prison,
cast into prison;
put into bilboes.
arrest;
take up,
take charge of,
take into custody;
take prisoner,
take captive,
make prisoner,
make captive;
captivate;
lead captive,
lead into captivity;
send to prison,
commit to prison;
commit;
give in charge,
give in custody;
subjugate
etc.
749.
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Dutch: verbannen, niet toestaan, [[niet]] [[toestaan]], afraden, vernietigen, afkeuren, verbieden
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