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Webster 1913 Edition

Forbid

For-bid′

(fŏr-bĭd′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Forbade
(fŏr-băd′)
;
p. p.
Forbidden
(fŏr-bĭd′d’n)
(
Forbid
,
[Obs.]
);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Forbidding
(fŏr-bĭd′dĭng)
.]
[OE.
forbeden
, AS.
forbeódan
; pref.
for-
+
beódan
to bid; akin to D.
verbieden
, G.
verbieten
, Icel.
fyrirbjōða
,
forboða
, Sw.
förbjuda
, Dan.
forbyde
. See
Bid
,
Verb.
T.
]
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.
Shakespeare
2.
To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter.
Have I not
forbid
her my house?
Shakespeare
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.
To accurse; to blast.
[Obs.]
He shall live a man
forbid
.
Shakespeare
Syn. – To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See
Prohibit
.

For-bid′

,
Verb.
I.
To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.
“I did not or forbid.”
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Forbid

FORBID'

,
Verb.
T.
pret. forbad; pp. forbid, forbidden. Literally, to bid or command against. Hence,
1.
To prohibit; to interdict; to command to forbear or not to do. The laws of God forbid us to swear. Good manners also forbid us to use profane language. All servile labor and idle amusements on the sabbath are forbidden.
2.
To command not to enter; as, I have forbid him my house or presence. This phrase seems to be elliptical; to forbid from entering or approaching.
3.
To oppose; to hinder; to obstruct. An impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
A blaze of glory that forbids the sight.
4.
To accurse; to blast. Obs.

FORBID'

,
Verb.
I.
To utter a prohibition; but in the intransitive form, there is always an ellipsis. I would go, but my state of health forbids, that is, forbids me to go, or my going.

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