Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete preterit of
forbid .
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- verb Simple past of
forbid .
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Examples
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I took no rest, and greed of gain forbad me give a grain
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From such a correspondence, if she could derive neither comfort nor information, she thought she found intimations of its source in the style of Lady Rachel’s letters to her; and she believed it to be such as forbad her too eagerly to wish for an elucidation, probably more painful than the obscurity in which she felt herself lost.
Isabella. A Novel 1823
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What Japan did with their rocketeers when the WWII treaty forbad rocket development was develop Japan's bullet trains.
Apollo's Daughter :: UPDATE 1-Obama says US high-speed rail 'overdue' | Markets | US Markets | Reuters apollosdtr 2009
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One of my peers remembers that her mother forbad her to eat peaches in the summer for fear that the virus could flourish in the "peach fuzz."
Polio 2010
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What Japan did with their rocketeers when the WWII treaty forbad rocket development was develop Japan's bullet trains.
Apollo's Daughter :: April 16th, 2009 apollosdtr 2009
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It forbad strong government bargaining over drug prices.
Harold Pollack: Double Count of Irony in Republican Arguments About Medicare 2010
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As Constable explained to a business associate, When we had just got matters in train Mr. Rucker writes that his Uncle in London has forbad him to accept American bills. . .
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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As Constable explained to a business associate, When we had just got matters in train Mr. Rucker writes that his Uncle in London has forbad him to accept American bills. . .
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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It forbad strong government bargaining over drug prices.
Harold Pollack: Double Count of Irony in Republican Arguments About Medicare 2010
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It forbad strong government bargaining over drug prices.
Harold Pollack: Double Count of Irony in Republican Arguments About Medicare 2010
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