v.tr. (prohibited, prohibiting) (often foll. by from + verbal noun)
1. formally forbid, esp. by authority.
2 prevent; make impossible (his accident prohibits him from playing football).
Phrases and idioms:
prohibited degrees degrees of blood relationship within which marriage is forbidden.
Derivatives:
prohibiter n. prohibitor n.
Etymology: ME f. L prohibere (as PRO-(1), habere hold)