Associations to the word «Prohibit»

Wiktionary

PROHIBIT, verb. (transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.

Dictionary definition

PROHIBIT, verb. Command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky