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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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forbid

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Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
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for=bid

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb forbid has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

forbidv. t. [OE. forbeden, AS. forbeódan; pref. for- + beódan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel. fyrirbj, forbo, Sw. förbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See Bid, v. t.].
  •  To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict.  [1913 Webster]
    "More than I have said . . .
    The leisure and enforcement of the time
    Forbids to dwell upon.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter.  [1913 Webster]
    "Have I not forbid her my house?"  [1913 Webster]
  •  To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army.  [1913 Webster]
    "A blaze of glory that forbids the sight."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To accurse; to blast.  [1913 Webster]
    "He shall live a man forbid."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To defy; to challenge.  L. Andrews.
Syn. -- To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See Prohibit.
forbidv. i. 
     To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

forbid, v.tr. (forbidding; past forbade or forbad; past part. forbidden)
1 (foll. by to + infin.) order not (I forbid you to go).
2 refuse to allow (a thing, or a person to have a thing) (I forbid it; was forbidden any wine).
3 refuse a person entry to (the gardens are forbidden to children).

Idiom
forbidden degrees see DEGREE. forbidden fruit something desired or enjoyed all the more because not allowed. God forbid! may it not happen!
Etymology
OE forbeodan (as FOR-, BID)

THESAURUS

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

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Prohibition

VB prohibit, inhibit, forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow, enjoin, ban, outlaw, taboo, proscribe, estop, bar, debar, forefend, keep in, keep within bounds, restrain, cohibit, withhold, limit, circumscribe, clip the wings of, restrict, interdict, taboo, put under an interdiction, place under an interdiction, put under the ban, place under the ban, proscribe, exclude, shut out, shut the door, bolt the door, show the door, warn off, dash the cup from one's lips, forbid the banns.

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