D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Prohibitory

/prōh-ĭb'-ət-ôrˌ-ē/ · Pro·hib·it·o·ry · IPA /proʊhˈɪbətˌɔriː/
01 a. Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price.
  1. 1.
    Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price.
Phrases & compounds
Prohibitory index — See under Index.