Search Result for "for*bid":

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Forbid \For*bid"\, v. i. To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. "I did not or forbid." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Forbid \For*bid"\ (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"), v. t. [imp. Forbade (f[o^]r*b[a^]d"); p. p. Forbidden (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"d'n) (Forbid, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. Forbidding (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"d[i^]ng).] [OE. forbeden, AS. forbe['o]dan; pref. for- + be['o]dan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel. fyrirbj[=o][eth]a, forbo[eth]a, Sw. f["o]rbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See Bid, v. t.] 1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. [1913 Webster] More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. [1913 Webster] Have I not forbid her my house? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army. [1913 Webster] A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He shall live a man forbid. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews. Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See Prohibit. [1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

54 Moby Thesaurus words for "forbid": anticipate, avert, ban, bar, block, check, curb, debar, deflect, deny, deter, disallow, discourage, dishearten, embargo, enjoin, estop, exclude, exclude from, fend, fend off, foreclose, forestall, halt, help, hinder, impede, inhibit, interdict, keep from, keep off, obstruct, obviate, outlaw, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, reject, repel, repress, restrain, rule out, save, say no to, shut out, stave off, stop, suppress, taboo, turn aside, veto, ward off