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forbid
 
SYLLABICATION:for·bid
PRONUNCIATION:  fr-bd, fôr-
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: for·bade (-bd, -bd) or for·bad (-bd), for·bid·den (-bdn) 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.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English forbidden, forbeden, from Old English forbodan. See bheudh- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:for·biddance —NOUN
for·bidder —NOUN
SYNONYMS:forbid, ban1, enjoin, interdict, prohibit, proscribe 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
 
 
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