forbid
verb (used with object)
to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place.
has forbade
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present perfectof forbid (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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She knows of her uncle’s transgression and the king has forbade her from getting involved.
From Los Angeles Times ā Aug. 28, 2022
Archbishop John C. Wester in Santa Fe has forbade communicants from taking the communion wafer on the tongue.
From Washington Times ā Mar. 10, 2020
We own apartments and recently had someone who wanted to rent a unit with a companion animal even though our apartments has forbade pets for years.
From New York Times ā Nov. 22, 2017
"And I dare not tell my father my fancies," she said, "for he is terrified at such things; and has forbade the servants to speak of such things."
From Oddsfish! by Robert Hugh Benson
