forbid

Definition

  • verb: to order (someone) not to do something
  • verb: to proscribe from or as if from the position of one in authority
  • synonyms: preclude, hinder, prevent

Examples

  • This is the number you should call if, 'God forbid', you should get into an accident.

  • The company's rules 'forbid' dating among employees.

  • She was 'forbidden' by her parents to marry him.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) When you speak, do I never hear Mother's voice? This is not for Jane, Father. She does not know what I came here to say. Now, forbid me to see her, or say she can rule at my side. It changes nothing. One son who wanted the throne too much, another who will not take it. (..)
    2013 Thor: The Dark World