Hypertext Webster Gateway: "forbidden"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Forbidden \For*bid"den\, a.
Prohibited; interdicted.

I kniw no spells, use no forbidden arts. --Milton.

{Forbidden fruit}.
(a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, -- so called with
reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden.
(b) (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock ({Citrus decumana}).
The name is given in different places to several
varieties of Citrus fruits.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Forbid \For*bid"\, v. t. [imp. {Forbade}; p. p.
{Forbidden}({Forbid}, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Forbidding}.]
[OE. forbeden, AS. forbe['o]dan; pref. for- + be['o]dan to
bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel.,
fyrirbj[=o][eth]a, forbo[eth]a, Sw. f["o]rbjuda, Dan.
forbyde. See {Bid}, v. 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.
--Shak.

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. 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. --Shak.

5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews.

Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withold;
restrain; prevent. See {Prohibit}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

forbidden
adj : excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our
house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo
subject" [syn: {out(p)}, {prohibited}, {proscribed}, {taboo},
{tabu}, {verboten}]


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