When you forbid something, you refuse to allow it. You might have heard your parents say things like, "I forbid you to play ball in the house!" or "I forbid you to have any more parties when we're not home!"
To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.
Verb
command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"
Verb
keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
of Forbid
v. t.
To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to
interdict.
v. t.
To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command;
to command not to enter.
v. t.
To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual
command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
v. t.
To accurse; to blast.
v. t.
To defy; to challenge.
v. i.
To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.
Forbid
To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.
Usage Examples
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
I forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith.
What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.
I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.
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Other Usage ExamplesGod forbid you be an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room.
It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.
I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.
I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
At the age of 16 I was already dreaming of having a baby because I felt myself to be an adult, but my mum forbid it. Right now, I feel like a teenager and I want to have fun for one or two more years before starting a family.
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