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verb

Forbid v. t. (past forbade; past part. forbidden, obs. forbid; pres. part. forbidding)

To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. "More than I have said... The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon."

To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. "Have I not forbid her my house?"

To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army. "A blaze of glory that forbids the sight."

To accurse; to blast. (Obs.) "He shall live a man forbid."

To defy; to challenge. (Obs.)

Synonyms: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See Prohibit.

Forbid v. i. (past forbade; past part. forbidden, obs. forbid; pres. part. forbidding) To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. "I did not or forbid."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Forbid" Quotes from Famous Books

... thrusting me back—and even at that moment of supreme horror, a thrill ran all through my body at his touch and his words—"you MUSTN'T go out of this house as you are this minute. I refuse to allow it. I'm your doctor, and I forbid it. You're under my charge, and I won't let you stir. If I did, I'd ...

— Recalled to Life • Grant Allen

... entirely in obscurity; the continental defect of a want of large streams having a distant source, to aid a penetration to the internal parts of the country, together with other effectual obstacles, draw at present a veil, and forbid all research into its Natural History and character, which will not be removed for very considerable periods ...

— Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2] • Phillip Parker King

... hair, neither laying it up on high, nor the head arrayed about with gold and precious stones; not seeking curious clothing, nor of nice shape, showing herself to be seemly to fools. For all such arrays of women St. Peter and St. Paul, by the Holy Ghost's teaching, openly forbid." ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 578 - Vol. XX, No. 578. Saturday, December 1, 1832 • Various

... forbid such practices as necromancy, or a "pretended" communication with the dead?—Because it would be only a pretense at best; for such communication is impossible. The dead are unconscious in their graves, and have no power to communicate with ...

— Modern Spiritualism • Uriah Smith

... "I forbid you to fire at any of these charming birds—any of the parrots, caciques, or curucus which are flying about so happily among the trees! And the same interdiction with regard to the smaller game with which we shall ...

— Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon • Jules Verne

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