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outlawing

outlawing is the present participle and gerund of outlaw.

Meaning of outlaw

Verb

outlaw (third-person singular simple present outlaws, present participle outlawing, simple past and past participle outlawed)

  1. (transitive) To declare illegal.
  2. (transitive) To place a ban upon.
    • The legal change in England and Wales will outlaw selling, manufacturing, renting or importing zombie knives.2016 August 15, “'Zombie knives' ban to come into force”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2023
  3. (transitive) To make or declare (a person) an outlaw.
    • Eirik and his people were outlawed at Thorsnes Thing.1880, John Sephton, transl., The Saga of Erik the Red
  4. (transitive) To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
    • to outlaw a debt or claim
  5. To deprive of legal force.
    • our English common law was outlawed in those parts.a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC

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Questions about outlawing

What is outlawing the present participle and gerund of?
Outlawing is the present participle and gerund of outlaw.

Words near outlawing in the dictionary

  1. outlaw country
  2. outlaw state
  3. outlaw states
  4. outlawdom
  5. outlawed
  6. outlawing
  7. outlawish
  8. outlawism
  9. outlawness
  10. outlawries
  11. outlawry

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