To put into a condition (usually one of subjection, passivity, or exposure to view or danger: cf. the corresponding uses of lie, v.1 8), which is…

transitive. In extended use: to proscribe, ban; (Law) to proscribe by law, to make (an object, organization, activity, etc.) illegal.

gen. To put a stop to the use of, interdict; to abrogate. Obsolete.

transitive. To declare authoritatively against the doing of (an action) or the use of (a thing); to forbid, prohibit; to debar or preclude by or as…

To forbid, prohibit (a thing, action, or practice). Now rare.

transitive. To declare authoritatively to be unacceptable or invalid; to prohibit, forbid, exclude; to condemn, discountenance.

To declare contraband, to prohibit. Obsolete.

To interdict, proscribe, prohibit. a thing.

transitive. To select for critical attention; spec. to ban, disqualify, reject, etc.