- 1
To disallow; to proscribe.transitive
- Smoking in the restaurant is forbidden.
- 2
To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.ditransitive
- Have I not forbid her my house?
- 3
To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.transitive
- An impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
- 4
To accurse; to blast.obsoletetransitive
- He shall live a man forbid.
- 5
To defy; to challenge.obsoletetransitive
- What part of "no" do you forbid to understand?
syn. prohibit · disallow · ban · veto