Bible Dictionaries
Prohibit
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
(2):
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Prohibit'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/prohibit.html. 1828.