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Definition of tabu
tabu Taboo Ta*boo", n.
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.]
tabu Taboo Ta*boo", v. 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.]
