tr.v., -bade (-băd', -bād') or -bad (-băd'), -bid·den (-bĭd'n) or -bid, -bid·ding, -bids.

1. To command (someone) not to do something: I forbid you to go.
2. To command against the doing or use of (something); prohibit: forbid smoking on trains.
3. To have the effect of preventing; preclude: Discretion forbids a reply.

[Middle English forbidden, forbeden, from Old English forbēodan.]

forbiddance for·bid'dance n.
forbidder for·bid'der n.

SYNONYMS  forbid, ban, enjoin, interdict, prohibit, proscribe. These verbs mean to refuse to allow: laws that forbid speeding; banned smoking; was enjoined from broadcasting; interdict trafficking in drugs; rules that prohibit loitering; proscribed the importation of certain fruits.
ANTONYM  permit

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verb

To refuse to allow: ban, debar, disallow, enjoin, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, taboo. See allow/prevent.

v

Definition: outlaw, prohibit an action
Antonyms: allow, approve, authorize, let, permit, sanction

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IN BRIEF: To order that something not be done.

I order you to hold a free election, but forbid you to elect anyone but, Richard, my clerk. — Henry II (1133-1189).

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forbyde, udelukke, umuliggøre

Nederlands (Dutch)
verbieden, onmogelijk maken

Français (French)
v. tr. - défendre, interdire

Deutsch (German)
v. - verbieten, nicht erlauben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - απαγορεύω, (παρ)εμποδίζω

Italiano (Italian)
proibire, vietare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - proibir

Русский (Russian)
запрещать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - prohibir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förbjuda, portförbjuda i, utesluta

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
禁止, 妨碍, 不准

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 禁止, 妨礙, 不准

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 금지하다, 불가능하게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 禁ずる, 許さない, 妨げる, 禁じる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمنع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮אסר על, שלל מ-‬

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