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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Forbid \For*bid"\, verb (used without an object) To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. ''I did not or forbid.'' --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Forbid \For*bid"\ (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"), verb (used with an object) [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}, verb (used with an object)]
1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict.
More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon. --Shak.
2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter.
Have I not forbid her my house? --Shak.
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. --Dryden.
4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.]
He shall live a man forbid. --Shak.
5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews.
Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See {Prohibit}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
forbid
verb
1: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store" [syn: {prohibit}, {interdict}, {proscribe}, {veto}, {disallow}] [ant: {permit}, {permit}]
2: keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer" [syn: {prevent}, {forestall}, {foreclose}, {preclude}] [also: {forbidding}, {forbidden}, {forbade}, {forbad}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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