Verb

(en verb)

To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington

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Verb

(deterr)

To prevent something from happening.

To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.

* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.

we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise