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.
Pro*hib"it*er (?), n. One who prohibits or forbids; a forbidder; an
interdicter.