FORBID

forbid. Forbid, v. forbad, forbade, forbid, pret. forbid, forbidden, pa. to order not to do, hinder, oppose, put a stop to, blast, curse

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For‐bid″ (fŏr‐bĭd″), v. t. [imp. Forbade (–băd″); p. p. Forbidden (–bĭd″d'n) (Forbid, ); p. pr. & vb. n. Forbidding (?).] [[OE. forbeden, AS. forbeódan; pref. for- + beódan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel. fyrirbjōða, forboða, Sw. förbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See Bid, v. t.]] 1. 1. 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. 2. 2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter.
Have I not forbid her my house? Shak. 3. 3. 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. 4. 4. To accurse; to blast.
He shall live a man forbid. Shak. 5. 5. To defy; to challenge. L. Andrews.
Syn. — To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See Prohibit.