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Webster 1913 Edition

Taboo

Ta-boo′

,
Noun.
A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, – an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction.
[Written also
tabu
.]

Ta-boo′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tabooed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tabooing
.]
To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of;
as, to
taboo
the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals
.
[Written also
tabu
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Taboo

TABOO'

,
Noun.
In the isles of the Pacific, a word denoting prohibition or religious interdict, which is of great force among the inhabitants.

TABOO'

,
Verb.
T.
To forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach or use; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals. Tabooed ground is held sacred and inviolable.

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