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Webster 1913 Edition

Prohibit

Pro-hib′it

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Prohibited
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Prohibiting
.]
[L.
prohibitus
, p. p. of
prohibere
to prohibit;
pro
before, forth +
habere
to have, hold. See
Habit
.]
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
.
☞ Prohibit was formerly followed by to with the infinitive, but is now commonly followed by from with the verbal noun in -ing.
2.
To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
Gates of burning adamant,
Barred over us,
prohibit
all egress.
Milton.
Syn. – To forbid; interdict; debar; prevent; hinder.
–
Prohibit
,
Forbid
. To forbid is Anglo-Saxon, and is more familiar; to prohibit is Latin, and is more formal or official. A parent forbids his child to be out late at night; he prohibits his intercourse with the profane and vicious.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prohibit

PROHIB'IT

,
Verb.
T.
[L. prohibeo; pro and habeo, to hold.]
1.
To forbid; to interdict by authority; applicable to persons or things, but implying authority or right. God prohibited Adam to eat of the fruit of a certain tree. The moral law prohibits what is wrong and commands what is right. We prohibit a person to do a thing, and we prohibit the thing to be done.
2.
To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
Gates of burning adamant,
Barr'd over us, prohibit all egress.

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