Forbid /(fŏr*bĭd")/

For·bid

Forbid

v. t.

imp. Forbade; p. p. Forbidden; p. pr. & vb. n. Forbidding

  1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. [Obs.]
    More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon.
  2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter.
    Have I not forbid her my house?
  3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
    A blaze of glory that forbids the sight.
  4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.]
    He shall live a man forbid.
  5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.]

Forbid

v. i.
  1. To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.