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Webster's Online English Dictionary

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forbid


forbid is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon. Shak.

[2] To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. Have I not forbid her my house Shak.

[3] To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army. A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. Dryden.

[4] To accurse; to blast. [Obs.] He shall live a man forbid. Shak.

[5] To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] L. Andrews.


Synonyms:

hinder
interdict
preclude
prohibit
restrain
withold
preven

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