Definition of forbid

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Forbid (v. t.) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army..

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Crime :: Crime (n.) Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law..
Mamzer :: Mamzer (n.) A person born of relations between whom marriage was forbidden by the Mosaic law; a bastard.
Contraindication :: Contraindication (n.) An indication or symptom which forbids the method of treatment usual in such cases.
Negative :: Negative (n.) A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.
Shield :: Shield (n.) To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!.
Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade..
Forbidden :: Forbidden (p. p.) of Forbi.
Obscene :: Obscene (a/) Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures..
Forbid :: Forbid () of Forbi.
Veto :: Veto (n.) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power..
Inhibit :: Inhibit (v. t.) To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
Suffer :: Suffer (v. t.) To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.
Forbid :: Forbid (v. t.) To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict..
Forbiddenly :: Forbiddenly (adv.) In a forbidden or unlawful manner.
Covet :: Covet (v. t.) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.
Taboo :: Taboo (v. t.) To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals..
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..
Prohibition :: Prohibition (n.) Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages..
Inalienably :: Inalienably (adv.) In a manner that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienably vested..
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