Meaning of "prohibit"

prohibit •

v.
• • 1. to forbid by law or authority: magbawal, ipagbawal, pagbawalan
  • 2. to prevent: pumigil, pigilan, pigilin

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n.
• • pagsaway (pag-) prohibition, act of prohibiting, stopping sawayin (-in)

v.
• • to prohibit, to stop, to forbid. Sawayin mo siya sa masamang gawain. Stop him from doing bad things.

adj.
• • forbidden, prohibited magbawal, ibawal, bawalan (mag-:i-:-an) to prohibit, to forbid. Ibawal mo ang pagsisigarilyo sa loob ng klase. Prohibit smoking in the classroom.