# prohibit

Pronunciation: US say "proh-HIB-it" /pɹoʊˈhɪbɪt/; UK say "pruh-HIB-it" /pɹəˈhɪbɪt/

## Verb

1. To officially forbid an action or make it illegal, usually through a rule, law, or order.
   - Simple: To officially say that someone cannot do something, or to make it against the law.
   - _Park regulations prohibit visitors from feeding the wild animals._
   - _The treaty prohibited both nations from testing nuclear weapons._

## Origin

From Middle English prohibiten, from the Latin verb prohibeō ("I fend off, prevent, prohibit"), taken through its past participle prohibitus.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/prohibit (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).