A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.
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To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing.
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A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.
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A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…
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To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or re…
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To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
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To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as,…
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To make or declare illegal or unlawful.
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A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.
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To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.
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To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.
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The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.
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The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.
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The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
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The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
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To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.
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To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.
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One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.
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To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.
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An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
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To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
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To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
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