prohibit.
To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
Meaning & usage
To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio.
I was prohibited to come.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English prohibiten, from Latin prohibeō (“to fend off, prevent, prohibit”) (through past participle prohibitus).
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