transitive. To command (a person or persons) not to do, have, use, or indulge in (something), or not to… with the personal object only. Const. from…

to say nay (also to answer nay). Cf. nay-saying, n. To refuse or prohibit (a person).

transitive. To ban or exclude (a person or thing) from an action or place; to prevent, hinder. Chiefly with from, infinitive (now rare), or †for (obs…

To exclude, prohibit, debar (a person) from an action. Rare const. to with infinitive. Obsolete.

transitive. To forbid, prohibit, interdict (a person): esp. as a term of Ecclesiastical Law or practice. from doing something; †from a thing.

transitive. To forbid (a person) to do something. Obsolete.

To restrain (a person) by authority from the doing or use of something; to forbid to do something; to debar or preclude from something. (With the…