forbid

To forbid is defined as to order that something not occur, or to prevent something from occurring.

(verb)

When you order your child not to go to a party, this is an example of a time when you forbid your child from going.

See forbid in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Origin: ME forbeden < OE forbeodan: see for- & bid

See forbid in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb for·bade (-bădˈ, -bādˈ) or for·bad (-bădˈ), for·bid·den (-bĭdˈn) or for·bid, for·bid·ding, for·bids

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

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Origin: Middle English forbidden, forbeden

Origin: , from Old English forbēodan; see bheudh- in Indo-European roots

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