forbid
verb (used with object)
to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place.
have forbade
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present perfectof forbid.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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He did not tell me beforehand, or I should have forbade it.
From Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell
He might as well have forbade the winds to blow.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
Serve him right; I have forbade him that cupboard.
From Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat
