| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ver·bo·ten |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v r-b t n, f r- |
| ADJECTIVE: | Forbidden; prohibited. | | ETYMOLOGY: | German, past participle of verbieten, to forbid, from Middle High German, from Old High German farbiotan. See bheudh- in Appendix I.
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