'Forbade' definitions:
Definition of 'Forbade'
From: GCIDE
- Forbid \For*bid"\ (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"), v. t. [imp. Forbade (f[o^]r*b[a^]d"); p. p. Forbidden (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"d'n) (Forbid, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. Forbidding (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"d[i^]ng).] [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. [1913 Webster]
- More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. [1913 Webster]
- Have I not forbid her my house? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army. [1913 Webster]
- A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He shall live a man forbid. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews.
- Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See Prohibit. [1913 Webster]