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for⋅bid⋅den

  [fer-bid-n, fawr-]
Use forbidden in a Sentence
–verb
1. a pp. of forbid.
–adjective
2. not allowed; prohibited: a forbidden food in his religion.
3. Physics. involving a change in quantum numbers that is not permitted by the selection rules: forbidden transition.
Related forms:
for⋅bid⋅den⋅ly, adverb
for⋅bid⋅den⋅ness, noun

for⋅bid

  [fer-bid, fawr-]
–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.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME forbeden, OE forbēodan. See for-, bid 1

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.

for⋅bade

  [fer-bad, -beyd, fawr-]
–verb
a pt. of forbid.
Also, for⋅bad  [fer-bad, fawr-] , forbid.
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for·bid   (fər-bĭd', fôr-)   
tr.v.   for·bade (-bād', -bād') or for·bad (-bād'), for·bid·den (-bĭd'n) or for·bid, for·bid·ding, for·bids

  1. To command (someone) not to do something: I forbid you to go.

  2. To command against the doing or use of (something); prohibit: forbid smoking on trains.

  3. To have the effect of preventing; preclude: Discretion forbids a reply.


[Middle English forbidden, forbeden, from Old English forbēodan; see bheudh- in Indo-European roots.]
for·bid'dance n., for·bid'der n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to refuse to allow: laws that forbid speeding; banned smoking; was enjoined from broadcasting; interdict trafficking in drugs; rules that prohibit loitering; proscribed the importation of certain fruits.
Antonym: permit
for·bid·den   (fər-bĭd'n, fôr-)   
v.  A past participle of forbid.
adj.   Physics
Having an extremely low probability of occurrence. Used of quantum phenomena: a forbidden transition.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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). Forbidding "uninviting" first recorded 1712.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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