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forbid的过去式
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Forbade \For*bade"\,
imp. of {Forbid}.
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}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
forbade
See {forbid}
forbid
v 1: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night";
"Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store" [syn: {prohibit},
{interdict}, {proscribe}, {veto}, {disallow}] [ant: {permit},
{permit}]
2: keep from happening or arising; have the effect of
preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
[syn: {prevent}, {forestall}, {foreclose}, {preclude}]
[also: {forbidding}, {forbidden}, {forbade}, {forbad}]