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TABOOING
Verb
tabooing
present participle of taboo
Noun
tabooing (plural tabooings)
The imposition of a taboo.
Source: Wiktionary
TABOO
Ta*boo", n.
Definition: 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", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tabooing.]
Definition: 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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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