Definition of forbid

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Forbid (v. t.) To defy; to challenge.

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Forbid :: Forbid (v. t.) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter..
Forbidding :: Forbidding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forbi.
Collusion :: Collusion (n.) An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights, by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law..
Ban :: Ban (v. t.) To forbid; to interdict.
Forefend :: Forefend (v. t.) To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.
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.
Forbidder :: Forbidder (n.) One who forbids.
Repulsive :: Repulsive (a.) Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners..
Forbiddenly :: Forbiddenly (adv.) In a forbidden or unlawful manner.
Prohibiter :: Prohibiter (n.) One who prohibits or forbids; a forbidder; an interdicter.
Covet :: Covet (v. t.) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
Forbidding :: Forbidding (a.) Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air..
Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave.
Forbidden :: Forbidden (a.) Prohibited; interdicted.
Dispensation :: Dispensation (n.) The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.)..
Black :: Black (a.) Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible..
Forbiddance :: Forbiddance (n.) The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.
Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade..
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..
Contraband :: Contraband (a.) Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade..
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