About The Word Forbid
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Forbid
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What's The Definition Of Forbid?
[v] command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"
[v] keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer" Synonyms | Synonyms for Forbid: disallow | foreclose | forestall | interdict | preclude | prevent | prohibit | proscribe | veto Related Terms | Find terms related to Forbid: anticipate | avert | ban | bar | block | check | curb | debar | deflect | deny | deter | disallow | discourage | dishearten | embargo | enjoin | estop | exclude | exclude from | fend | fend off | foreclose | forestall | halt | help | hinder | impede | inhibit | interdict | keep from | keep off | obstruct | obviate | outlaw | preclude | prevent | prohibit | proscribe | refuse | reject | repel | repress | restrain | rule out | save | say no to | shut out | stave off | stop | suppress | taboo | turn aside | veto | ward off See Also | avert | avoid | baffle | ban | bar | bilk | block | blockade | command | compel | criminalise | criminalize | cross | debar | debar | deflect | embarrass | enjoin | exclude | fend off | foil | frustrate | halt | head off | hinder | illegalise | illegalize | kibosh | make unnecessary | obstruct | obviate | outlaw | queer | require | save | scotch | spoil | stave off | stop | stymie | stymy | thwart | ward off Forbid In Webster's Dictionary \For*bid"\, v. t. [imp. {Forbade}; p. p.
{Forbidden}({Forbid}, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Forbidding}.]
[OE. forbeden, AS. forbe['o]dan; pref. for- + be['o]dan to
bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel.,
fyrirbj[=o][eth]a, forbo[eth]a, Sw. f["o]rbjuda, Dan.
forbyde. See {Bid}, v. t.]
1. 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.
--Shak.
2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to
command not to enter.
Have I not forbid her my house? --Shak.
3. 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. --Dryden.
4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.]
He shall live a man forbid. --Shak.
5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews.
Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withold;
restrain; prevent. See {Prohibit}.
\For*bid"\, v. i. To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. ``I did not or forbid.'' --Milton. |
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