prohibit

v. (-t-) (often foll. By from + verbal noun) 1 forbid. 2 prevent.  prohibitor n. Prohibitory adj. [latin prohibeo -hibit-]

v. t. 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.