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/fərbˈɪd/ /fɔbˈɪd/ 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."

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"Forbid" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Hey, God forbid, cousin! How can you think that dairymaid could be scared? No, Hulda is my pretty white cow, and she is sad because she has lost her little calf. I am not to blame for it, and I told my poor Hulda that, too, and as she lowed so ...

— The Youth of the Great Elector • L. Muhlbach

... God forbid!—You recollect I mentioned A habit which disquietude and grief Had brought upon him; and we all conjectured 415 That, as the day was warm, he had lain down On the soft heath, [52] and, waiting for his comrades, He there had fallen asleep; that in his sleep He ...

— The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. II. • William Wordsworth

... does not mean to forbid your mother," said Mrs. Randolph, a good deal incensed. "I will see about that. Here, my good woman where are you? Will you let your cottage to me for the time that this child is confined here and remove somewhere else ...

— Melbourne House • Elizabeth Wetherell

... would get away how I could, even at the hazard of my life. The King answered: "Sister, it is not now a time to importune me for leave. I acknowledge that I have, as you say, hitherto prevented you from going, in order to forbid it altogether. From the time the King of Navarre changed his religion, and again became a Huguenot, I have been against your going to him. What the Queen my mother and I are doing is for your good. I am determined to carry on a war of extermination ...

— Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Complete • Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre

... "The saints forbid!" he exclaimed. "Grandchild—Rima, have you got a tobacco-pouch with the other things? Give ...

— Green Mansions - A Romance of the Tropical Forest • W. H. Hudson

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