forbade
a simple past tense of forbid.
- Also for·bad [fer-bad, fawr-], /fərˈbæd, fɔr-/, forbid.
Words that may be confused with forbade
- forbade , forebode
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How to use forbade in a sentence
I didn't know the two had walked together since last fall, when her aunt forbad the banns.
Return of the Native | Thomas HardyCivility forbad him to contradict my brother or myself, but his understanding refused to acquiesce in our testimony.
Wieland; or The Transformation | Charles Brockden BrownShe forbad me her sight, and charged me never to appear before her, till I came with a determination to obey her.
Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph | Frances SheridanFor this cause the King was displeased with Thurstine, and forbad him to returne into the Realme.
There was very little that his position called upon him to do, but there was much that it forbad him to do.
The Way We Live Now | Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for forbade
forbad (fəˈbæd)
/ (fəˈbæd, -ˈbeɪd) /
the past tense of forbid
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