forbade
verb
a simple past tense of forbid.
Example Sentences
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The Meyer decision, for example, overturned a Nebraska law which forbad teaching non-English languages in public and private schools.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2022
Prudence forbad him to approve, we are told, what kindness would not suffer him to prohibit.
From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Hester Chapone
The Grand Council, however, did not allow the contemplated formation of an independent congregation, and in 1824 forbad all “sectarian” assemblies, while the mob raged even more wildly than at Geneva against the “Momiers.”
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz
The French clergy were so engrossed by the pastime that the Synod of Langres, 1404, forbad it as unclerical.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
Although the diocesan conference next forbad the proclamation of the new Vatican dogma, the bishop threatened excommunicated Egli in Lucerne in 1871, and Geschwind in Starrkirch in 1872, who refused.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz
