prohibit

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to command against

   The sign prohibited certain sports.

2. 2
   verb

   To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.

   The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio.

Etymology

From Middle English prohibiten, from Latin prohibeō (“to fend off, prevent, prohibit”) (through past participle prohibitus).