forbade
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for·bade
(fər-băd′, -bād′, fôr-)v.
A past tense of forbid.
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forbade
(fəˈbæd; -ˈbeɪd) orforbad
vb
the past tense of forbid
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for•bid
(fərˈbɪd, fɔr-)v.t. -bade -bad -bid, -bid•den -bid, -bid•ding.
1. to command (a person) not to do or have something or not to enter some place.
2. to prohibit or bar (something); make a rule or law against: to forbid smoking.
3. to make impossible; prevent; preclude.
[before 1000]
for•bid′der, n.
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Translations
forbid
(fəˈbid) – past tense forbade (fəˈbad foː(r)ˈbeid) : past participle forˈbidden – verb to tell (someone) not to do something. She forbade him to go.
forˈbidden adjective not allowed. Smoking is forbidden.
forˈbidding adjective rather frightening. a forbidding appearance.
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