воспрещать

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въспрѣщати (vŭsprěštati). By surface analysis, воспрет- (vospret-) +‎ -я́ть (-játʹ).

• IPA^(key): [vəsprʲɪˈɕːætʲ]

воспреща́ть • (vospreščátʹ) impf (perfective воспрети́ть)

1. (officialese) to forbid, to prohibit [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’; or with dative ‘someone’ and infinitive ‘to do something’]

The verb воспреща́ть (vospreščátʹ) is often described as dated, while воспреща́ться (vospreščátʹsja) and the past passive participle of воспрети́ть (vospretítʹ) are still often used and hold a firmer, more official meaning than запреща́ться (zapreščátʹsja) and the past passive participle of запрети́ть (zapretítʹ), connoting a more inviolable rule that cannot be questioned.

• воспреща́ться impf (vospreščátʹsja)