Forbid

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forbid \For*bid"\, v. i.
     To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. "I did not or
     forbid." --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Forbid \For*bid"\ (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"), v. t. [imp. {Forbade}
     (f[o^]r*b[a^]d"); p. p. {Forbidden} (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"d'n)
     ({Forbid}, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Forbidding}
     (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"d[i^]ng).] [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.
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              More than I have said . . .
              The leisure and enforcement of the time
              Forbids to dwell upon.                --Shak.
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     2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to
        command not to enter.
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              Have I not forbid her my house?       --Shak.
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     3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual
        command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of
        the army.
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              A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. --Dryden.
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     4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.]
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              He shall live a man forbid.           --Shak.
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     5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews.
  
     Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold;
          restrain; prevent. See {Prohibit}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  forbid
       v 1: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night";
            "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store" [syn: {prohibit},
             {interdict}, {proscribe}, {veto}, {disallow}] [ant: {permit},
             {permit}]
       2: keep from happening or arising; have the effect of
          preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
          [syn: {prevent}, {forestall}, {foreclose}, {preclude}]
       [also: {forbidding}, {forbidden}, {forbade}, {forbad}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "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