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forbid
English
Etymology
From Middle English forbeden, from Old English forb?odan (“to forbid, prohibit, restrain, refuse, repeal, annul”), from Proto-Germanic *furibeudan?, from *furi + *beudan?. Equivalent to for- (“from, away”) +? bid (“to offer, proclaim”). Cognate with Dutch verbieden (“to forbid”), German verbieten (“to forbid”), Danish forbyde (“to forbid”),Norwegian Bokmål forby (“to forbid”), Swedish förbjuda (“to forbid”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????????????? (faurbiudan). Related to forbode.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /f??b?d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??b?d/
- Rhymes: -?d
Verb
forbid (third-person singular simple present forbids, present participle forbidding, simple past forbid or forbade or forbad, past participle forbidden)
- (transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- […] the Mole recollected that animal-etiquette forbade any sort of comment on the sudden disappearance of one's friends at any moment, for any reason or no reason whatever.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- (ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
- (transitive) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
- a blaze of glory that forbids the sight
- (transitive, obsolete) To accurse; to blast.
- (transitive, obsolete) To defy; to challenge.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of L. Andrews to this entry?)
Usage notes
- Especially when talking about a person, the expression is not allowed to is much more common than the very formal is forbidden to/is forbidden from.
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive or the gerund (-ing) when the person is mentioned from whom something is forbidden, and it takes the gerund (-ing) when such a person is not mentioned. See Appendix:English catenative verbs. Examples:
- The management forbids employees from smoking/to smoke in the office. (Active; those subject to prohibition are identified)
- Employees are forbidden from smoking/to smoke in the office. (Passive; those subject to prohibition are identified)
- The management forbids smoking in the office. (Active; those subject to prohibition are not identified)
- Smoking in the office is forbidden. (Passive; those subject to prohibition are not identified)
Synonyms
- prohibit
- disallow
- ban
- veto
- See also Thesaurus:prohibit
Derived terms
- forbiddance
- forbidding
Translations
References
- forbid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- forbid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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preclude
English
Alternative forms
- præclude (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecludo.
Pronunciation
- (US, UK) IPA(key): /p???klu?d/, /p?i??klu?d/
- Rhymes: -u?d
Verb
preclude (third-person singular simple present precludes, present participle precluding, simple past and past participle precluded)
- (transitive) Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.
- Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.
Related terms
- preclusion
Derived terms
- precludable
- preclusive
Translations
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ude
Verb
preclude
- third-person singular present indicative of precludere
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