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.
To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. Have I not forbid her my house Shak.
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.
To accurse; to blast. [Obs.] He shall live a man forbid. Shak.
To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] L. Andrews.
To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. "I did not or forbid." Milton.
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