Definition of forbid

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Forbid (v. t.) To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict..

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Hercogamous :: Hercogamous (a.) Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.
Shield :: Shield (n.) To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!.
Forbid :: Forbid (v. i.) To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.
Veto :: Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
Adultery :: Adultery (n.) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment..
Contraband :: Contraband (v. t.) To declare prohibited; to forbid.
Censor :: Censor (n.) One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; -- an official in some European countries..
Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.
Forbidden :: Forbidden (a.) Prohibited; interdicted.
Forefend :: Forefend (v. t.) To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.
Bluebeard :: Bluebeard (n.) The hero of a mediaeval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate..
Forbid :: Forbid (v. t.) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter..
Forbiddenly :: Forbiddenly (adv.) In a forbidden or unlawful manner.
Interdict :: Interdict (n.) To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations..
Forbid :: Forbid (v. t.) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army..
Inhibit :: Inhibit (v. t.) To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
Forbid :: Forbid (v. t.) To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict..
Covet :: Covet (v. t.) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
Forspeak :: Forspeak (v. t.) To forbid; to prohibit.
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