forbid
/fɚˈbɪd/ verb A2- To disallow; to proscribe. · Smoking in the restaurant is forbidden.
- To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
- To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command. · An impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
He/she/it forbids · Past forbade · Past participle forbidden · -ing form forbidding
Verb forms
- Base form
- forbid
- He/she/it
- forbids
- Past
- forbade
- Past participle
- forbidden
- -ing form
- forbidding
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
From the library
“The Monkey-People are forbidden,” said Baloo, “forbidden to the Jungle-People.
“Forbidden,” said Bagheera, “but I still think Baloo should have warned thee against them.”
Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.
“Heaven forbid!
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