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Taboo \Ta*boo"\, a. [Written also {tabu} and {tapu}.]
[Polynesian tabu, tapu, sacred, under restriction, a
prohibition.]
Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races
of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain
persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties;
interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be
taboo.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]


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}.]
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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}.]
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Tabu \Ta*bu"\, n. & v.
See {Taboo}.
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