to make something illegal or not allowed (v) to cause (n) an increase in progress, growth, or success outcome of an event; result happening or being in the present time in a way that is much more than usual or expected piece of equipment or buildings with a special use belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past to stop something for a period of time; to interrupt a competition made up of a series of games between many competitors to give way to someone or something else