prohibit
To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
Example
“The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio.”
Related words
- prohibitable
- prohibiter
- prohibitin
- prohibitory
- reprohibit
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "prohibeō" (to fend off, prevent, prohibit).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “prohibit” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.