Meaning of FORBID
| Pronunciation: | | fur'bid
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | disallow, foreclose, forestall, interdict, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, veto |
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| | Antonyms: | | allow, countenance, let, permit | | |
| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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