Prohibit /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Prohibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Prohibiting

1. To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing.
2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.

   Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit all egress.