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/fˈɔrbɪdən/ /fərrbˈɪdən/ Listen

verb

Forbid v. t. (past forbade; past part. forbidden, obs. forbid; pres. part. forbidding)

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."

To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. "Have I not forbid her my house?"

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."

To accurse; to blast. (Obs.) "He shall live a man forbid."

To defy; to challenge. (Obs.)

Synonyms: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See Prohibit.

Forbid v. i. (past forbade; past part. forbidden, obs. forbid; pres. part. forbidding) To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. "I did not or forbid."

adjective

Forbidden adj. Prohibited; interdicted. "I know no spells, use no forbidden arts."

Forbidden fruit.

(a)

Any coveted unlawful pleasure, so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden.

(b)

(Bot.) A small variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.

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Etymology of 'Forbidden'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Forbidden" Quotes from Famous Books

... and divine authorization of the fisherman; the second idea certainly prevailed until the time of Izaak Walton, for he uses it to justify his pastime. It is also not unlikely that the practice of fasting (in many cases fish was allowed when meat was forbidden) gave the art of catching fish additional importance. It seems at any rate to have been a consideration of weight when sites were chosen for monasteries in Europe, and in many cases when no fish-producing river was at hand ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 • Various

... tending to generate gross humours and thick blood, which are very unfavourable to the recovery of health. The yolk of an egg lightly boiled or beaten up raw with a little wine may be taken, when animal food is not forbidden, and the party cannot chew or swallow more solid food. The spoonmeats and drinks directed for children, and simple puddings made as for them, may all be used for invalids, subject only to the restrictions imposed by their medical ...

— The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, • Mary Eaton

... in face of the fact that General Kuroki was making his moves and laying his plans with the profoundest secrecy as far as the world outside his camps was concerned. The correspondents were forbidden to send out any news whatever of his plans; and every message that was allowed on the wires was censored ...

— Whirligigs • O. Henry

... many noble spirits who have believed in her innocence, and have doubtless been elevated and purified by their devotion to one who seemed to them an ideal being. So far from regarding her as a hateful personage, one may feel oneself forbidden to hate a woman whom God may have loved, and may have pardoned, to judge from the punishment so swift, and yet so enduring, which He inflicted. At least, he must so believe who holds that punishment is a sign of mercy; that the most dreadful ...

— Health and Education • Charles Kingsley

... Guyot, who had endeared himself to the Indians during the winter. Guyot reported that the lodges were filled with strange faces, that Donnacona had pretended to be sick and would not show himself, and that he himself had been received with suspicion, Taignoagny having forbidden him to enter into ...

— The Mariner of St. Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier • Stephen Leacock

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