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/fˈɔrbɪdən/ /fərrbˈɪdən/ Listen

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."

adjective

Forbidden adj. Prohibited; interdicted. "I know no spells, use no forbidden arts."

Forbidden fruit.

(a)

Any coveted unlawful pleasure, so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden.

(b)

(Bot.) A small variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.

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Etymology of 'Forbidden'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Forbidden" Quotes from Famous Books

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— Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point • H. Irving Hancock

... compensation in the apple-trees in the neighbouring pastures. The apple has from all time been the urchin's delight, above all when plucked from a tree which does not belong to him. Our pockets were soon crammed with the forbidden fruit. ...

— The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles • Jean Henri Fabre

... sinner be a professor of the Religion of Mazda, or one who has been taught in it. But if he be not a professor of the Religion of Mazda, nor one who has been taught in it, then his sin is taken from him, if he makes confession of the Religion of Mazda and resolves never to commit again such forbidden deeds. ...

— Sacred Books of the East • Various

... is forbidden to attack or to bombard by any means whatever (par quelque moyen que ce soit) towns, villages, habitations, or buildings which are ...

— Letters To "The Times" Upon War And Neutrality (1881-1920) • Thomas Erskine Holland

... our laws and the founders of our government have accepted the moral code of the Bible as the basis of our jurisprudence, and have forbidden the union of church and state, and have left every citizen free to "worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience," so long as he does not interfere with the rights of others or violate the moral code common to all citizens, for the law cannot allow a person ...

— Thirty Years In Hell - Or, From Darkness to Light • Bernard Fresenborg

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