forbid
verb (used with object)
to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place.
have forbid
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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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The proposed rules would have forbid export of a fairly large category of software that is routinely used in investigating systems for vulnerabilities.
From Slate ā Oct. 5, 2015
I would have sought another interview with you, but I know the rules of your school would have forbid, and the only alternative remaining is to make this avowal, or be forgotten by you.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 by Various
Prudence and delicacy alike ought to have forbid the camp of Tamasese to the feet of either Leary or Moors.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
But I need not have forbid you; for I am sure this, by fair argument, is unanswerable—I know it is.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady ā Volume 1 by Samuel Richardson
Prudence and delicacy alike ought to have forbid the camp of Tamasese to the feet of either Leary or Moors.
From A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa by Robert Louis Stevenson
