3 definitions found
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 1.6 [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}]
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