interdict, interdiction; injunction, estoppel [Law]; embargo, ban,
taboo, proscription; index expurgatorius [Lat.]; restriction &c
(restraint) 751; hindrance &c 706; forbidden fruit; Maine law [U.S.].
V. prohibit, inhibit; forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow, enjoin,
ban, outlaw, taboo, proscribe, estop [Law]; bar; debar &c (hinder) 706,
forefend.
keep in, keep within bounds; restrain &c 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.
Adj. prohibitive, prohibitory; proscriptive; restrictive, exclusive;
forbidding &c v.. prohibited &c v.; not permitted &c 760; unlicensed,
contraband, impermissible, under the ban of; illegal &c 964;
unauthorized, not to be thought of, uncountenanced, unthinkable, beyond
the pale.
Adv. on no account &c (no) 536.
Int. forbid it heaven!, &c (deprecation) 766.
hands off!, keep off!, hold!, stop!, desist!, cease and desist!,
avast!,
Phr. that will never do; don't you dare; forget it; don't even think
about doing it; go ahead; make my day [Dirty Harry] [Iron.].