forbid
IPA: fɝbˈɪd
verb
- (transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
- (ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
- (transitive) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
- (transitive, obsolete) To accurse; to blast.
- (transitive, obsolete) To defy; to challenge.
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Examples of "forbid" in Sentences
- Fredericksburg forbids lewd behavior.
- The religion also forbids the practice.
- The terrain for the line proved forbidding.
- Her attitude is rather forbidding and uncommunicative.
- The Chechen customs forbid confiscation from the dead.
- The Great Charter of 1217 forbid the practice outright.
- It forbids to glorify or approve the reign of the Nazis.
- Note, The examples of others 'ruin forbid us to be secure.
- It is the precept forbidding killing that wields the sword.
- The injunction did not forbid the removal of the activists.
- The elative is used in the sense of forbidding or discouraging an action.
- And if, God forbid, that is not the case, then Pakistan is betraying its own national interest.
- Don't forget all the garbage they will dig up on Hillary if she, heaven forbid, is the nominee in the fall.
- I'll drag my trusty notebook down to the laundromat with me, and I will once again forbid myself any internet time.
- I. iii.21 (405,9) He shall live a man forbid] Mr. Theobald has very justly explained _forbid_ by _accursed_, but without giving any reason of his interpretation.
- (which will hopefully will not forbid avoiding the English words "magical girl" and instead require the Japanese words "mahou shoujo" be spoken), I must first express my condolences.
- If I operate my paint gun range and the terms forbid RMT for items found on my range, how will I ever know if two transacting players made some agreement over coffee at the diner around the corner from my range?
- The despotic monarchs of Spain forbid the exploring of any new gold or silver mines without the express permission of government, and they have ordered several rich ones to be shut up as not equal to the cost of working.
- What federal law does forbid is racism which pretends to be something else, such as a hiring test designed to disadvantage minority applicants or a screening process that “coincidentally” preferences applicants from predominantly white schools or communities.
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