Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Vietá-re, v. a.
1. to prohibit, to forbid or defend, to bar or keep from; 2. to avoid, to shun, to escape, to eschew; 3. to take away;4. to deny; 5. to condemn, to declare to be false. — la porta, to shut the door; s. m.Vietá-tóre , f. Vietá-tríce.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
vietare: to forbid, to prohibite, to inhibite, to interdict. Also to let or hinder.