'Prohibitory' definitions:
Definition of 'prohibitory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive" [syn: prohibitive, prohibitory]
Definition of 'Prohibitory'
From: GCIDE
- Prohibitory \Pro*hib"it*o*ry\, a. [L. prohibitorius.] Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price. [1913 Webster]
- Prohibitory index. (R. C. Ch.) See under Index. [1913 Webster]