FORBID
forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix
(verb) command against; “I forbid you to call me late at night”; “Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store”; “Dad nixed our plans”
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
(verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible; “My sense of tact forbids an honest answer”; “Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
forbid (third-person singular simple present forbids, present participle forbidding, simple past forbade or forbad or forbid, past participle forbidden)
(transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
(ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
(transitive) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
(transitive, obsolete) To accurse; to blast.
(transitive, obsolete) To defy; to challenge.
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 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 prohibit
Source: Wiktionary
For*bid", v. t. [imp. Forbade; p. p. Forbidden (Forbid, [Obs.]); p.
pr. & vb. n. Forbidding.] Etym: [OE. forbeden, AS. forbeĂłdan; pref.
for- + beĂłdan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel.,
fyrirbjoedha, forboedha, Sw. förbjuda, 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.
For*bid", v. i.
Definition: To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. "I did not or
forbid." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition