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Forbade
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Example Sentences
- It wasn't even the designer charcoal he used, although the contest rules expressly forbade it.
- Two of them only forbade romantic relationships if one of the parties was instructing or supervising the other.
- During the first world war the state forbade any teaching in their native language.
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verb (used with object), -bade or -bad or -bid, -bid·den or -bid, -bid·ding.
1.
to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
2.
to prohibit (something); make a rule or law against: to forbid the use of lipstick; to forbid smoking.
3.
to hinder or prevent; make impossible.
4.
to exclude; bar: Burlesque is forbidden in many cities.
Related forms
for·bid·der, noun
Synonyms
1, 2. interdict. Forbid, inhibit, prohibit, taboo indicate a command to refrain from some action. Forbid, a common and familiar word, usually denotes a direct or personal command of this sort: I forbid you to go. It was useless to forbid children to play in the park. Inhibit implies a checking or hindering of impulses by the mind, sometimes involuntarily: to inhibit one's desires; His responsiveness was inhibited by extreme shyness. Prohibit, a formal or legal word, means usually to forbid by official edict, enactment, or the like: to prohibit the sale of liquor. Taboo, primarily associated with primitive superstition, means to prohibit by common disapproval and by social custom: to taboo a subject in polite conversation. 3. preclude, stop, obviate, deter.
1, 2. interdict. Forbid, inhibit, prohibit, taboo indicate a command to refrain from some action. Forbid, a common and familiar word, usually denotes a direct or personal command of this sort: I forbid you to go. It was useless to forbid children to play in the park. Inhibit implies a checking or hindering of impulses by the mind, sometimes involuntarily: to inhibit one's desires; His responsiveness was inhibited by extreme shyness. Prohibit, a formal or legal word, means usually to forbid by official edict, enactment, or the like: to prohibit the sale of liquor. Taboo, primarily associated with primitive superstition, means to prohibit by common disapproval and by social custom: to taboo a subject in polite conversation. 3. preclude, stop, obviate, deter.
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| forbade or forbad (fəˈbæd, -ˈbeɪd, fəˈbæd) | |
| —vb | |
| the past tense of forbid | |
| forbad or forbad | |
| —vb | |
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Word Origin & History
forbid
O.E. forbeodan, from for- "against" + beodan "to command" (see bid). Common Gmc. compound (cf. Du. verbieden, O.H.G. farbiotan, Ger. verbieten, Goth. faurbiudan). Related: Forbade; forbidden. Forbidding "uninviting" first recorded 1712.
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