Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Preterit of
forbid .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. of
forbid .
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- verb Simple past of
forbid .
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Examples
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Mahmud made a second entertainment and sent to invite Ala al-Din; but he consulted the Chief Cameleer who again forbade him.
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She wanted to hold him, to be held by him, the way a dropped stone wants to fall, but his expression forbade her.
A Shadow in Summer 2006
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Tears rose to her eyes, she stamped, she jumped up and down, and, in short, forbade the doctor to kill it.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003
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So highly were the services of Brother Grimes prized that the chaplaincy of the regiment was not only tendered him, but urged upon him; but the multifarious duties of his calling forbade his going with the regiment he loved and revered.
History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams
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The couple lived as man and wife; though her husband finally got a divorce from her in 1759, its terms forbade her remarriage.
City Journal 2009
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Although that language by its literal terms forbade Congress from legislating to abridge free expression, the guarantees were understood to bind the whole government, and to limit what the President could ask a court to do.
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Although that language by its literal terms forbade Congress from legislating to abridge free expression, the guarantees were understood to bind the whole government, and to limit what the President could ask a court to do.
David Souter Harvard Speech: Former Supreme Court Justice Talks Judicial Philosophy (VIDEO, FULL TEXT) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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It was such a small spring that it took more than an hour for the horses to water—Captain Call forbade the men to drink until the horses had had their fill, an order Captain McCrae agreed with.
Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997
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It was such a small spring that it took more than an hour for the horses to water—Captain Call forbade the men to drink until the horses had had their fill, an order Captain McCrae agreed with.
Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997
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It was such a small spring that it took more than an hour for the horses to water—Captain Call forbade the men to drink until the horses had had their fill, an order Captain McCrae agreed with.
Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997
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