Forbid
11forbid — forbidder, n. /feuhr bid , fawr /, v.t., forbade or forbad or forbid, forbidden or forbid, forbidding. 1. to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house …
12forbid */*/ — UK [fə(r)ˈbɪd] / US [fərˈbɪd] verb [transitive] Word forms forbid : present tense I/you/we/they forbid he/she/it forbids present participle forbidding past tense forbade UK [fə(r)ˈbeɪd] / US [fərˈbeɪd] or forbad UK [fə(r)ˈbæd] / US [fərˈbæd] past …
13forbid — for|bid [fəˈbıd US fər ] v past tense forbade [ ˈbæd, ˈbeıd] past participle forbidden [ ˈbıdn] present participle forbidding [T] [: Old English; Origin: forbeodan] 1.) to tell someone that they are not allowed to do something, or that something… …
14forbid — for|bid [ fər bıd ] (past tense for|bade [ fər beıd ] or for|bad [ fər bæd ] ; past participle for|bid|den [ fər bıdn ] ) verb transitive ** 1. ) to state that something is not allowed, according to a rule, law, or custom: PROHIBIT: new… …
15forbid — [[t]fə(r)bɪ̱d[/t]] forbids, forbidding, forbade, forbidden 1) VERB If you forbid someone to do something, or if you forbid an activity, you order that it must not be done. [V n to inf] They ll forbid you to marry... [ …
16forbid — v. (formal) 1) to forbid categorically, expressly, outright 2) (H) she has forbidden him to smoke in her presence; I forbid you to take the car * * * [fə bɪd] expressly outright (H) she has forbidden him to smoke in her presence (formal) to… …
17forbid — I. transitive verb (forbade; also forbad; forbidden; bidding) Etymology: Middle English forbidden, from Old English forbēodan, from for + bēodan to bid more at bid Date: before 12th century 1. to proscribe from or as if from the position of one… …
18forbid — verb ADVERB ▪ strictly ▪ Smoking is strictly forbidden. ▪ absolutely, totally ▪ You cannot do that. I absolutely forbid it. ▪ explicitly …
19forbid — [OE] Forbid is a compound verb that appears to have been coined in prehistoric Germanic times from the prefix *fer , denoting negation or exclusion (as in forget) and *bithjan, source of English bid – hence, ‘command not to do something’. It… …
20forbid — 01. The law [forbids] you from drinking and driving. 02. I [forbid] you to see that boy again! 03. Japan s Constitution [forbids] the creation of an army. 04. The Muslim religion [forbids] any depictions of God. 05. It is [ …
