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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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..
Contraband :: Contraband (n.) Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.
Forbid :: Forbid (v. i.) To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.
Grimness :: Grimness (n.) Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness.
Indulge :: Indulge (v. i.) To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to..
Black :: Black (a.) Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible..
Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade..
Forspeak :: Forspeak (v. t.) To forbid; to prohibit.
Forfend :: Forfend (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
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..
Forbidden :: Forbidden (a.) Prohibited; interdicted.
Shaddock :: Shaddock (n.) A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous..
Legal :: Legal (a.) Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim; a legal trade; anything is legal which the laws do not forbid..
Forbade :: Forbade () imp. of Forbid.
Gainsay :: Gainsay (v. t.) To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
Inalienably :: Inalienably (adv.) In a manner that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienably vested..
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..
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.
Contraindication :: Contraindication (n.) An indication or symptom which forbids the method of treatment usual in such cases.
Forbid :: Forbid (v. t.) To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict..
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