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for·bid·den

[fer-bid-n, fawr-]
verb
1.
a past participle 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.

for·bid·den·ly, adverb
for·bid·den·ness, noun
pre·for·bid·den, adjective
self-for·bid·den, adjective
un·for·bid·den, adjective

forbade, forbid, forbidden, forebode (see synonym study at forbid).
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forbidden (fəˈbɪdən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  not permitted by order or law
2.  physics involving a change in quantum numbers that is not permitted by certain rules derived from quantum mechanics, esp rules for changes in the electrical dipole moment of the system
 
usage  It was formerly considered incorrect to talk of forbidding someone from doing something, but in modern usage either from or to can be used: he was forbidden from entering/to enter the building

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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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