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

  • (..) Cecil Jacobs did. That's why I had to fight him. Scout, I don't want you fightin'. - I had to. He-- - I don't care what the reasons are. - I forbid you to fight. - Yes, sir. Anyway, I'm simply defending a Negro. Tom Robinson. There are some things... that you're not old enough (..)
    1962 To Kill a Mockingbird