Forbade

Word FORBADE
Character 7
Hyphenation for bade
Pronunciations /fə(ɹ)ˈbeɪd/

Definitions and meanings of "Forbade"

What do we mean by forbade?

Preterit of forbid. noun

Imp. of forbid.

Simple past of forbid. verb

To disallow; to proscribe.

(ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.

To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.

To accurse; to blast.

To defy; to challenge.

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The word "forbade" in example sentences

Mahmud made a second entertainment and sent to invite Ala al-Din; but he consulted the Chief Cameleer who again forbade him. ❋ Unknown (2006)

She wanted to hold him, to be held by him, the way a dropped stone wants to fall, but his expression forbade her. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Tears rose to her eyes, she stamped, she jumped up and down, and, in short, forbade the doctor to kill it. ❋ De Bernieres, Louis (2003)

So highly were the services of Brother Grimes prized that the chaplaincy of the regiment was not only tendered him, but urged upon him; but the multifarious duties of his calling forbade his going with the regiment he loved and revered. ❋ George Washington Williams (N/A)

The couple lived as man and wife; though her husband finally got a divorce from her in 1759, its terms forbade her remarriage. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Although that language by its literal terms forbade Congress from legislating to abridge free expression, the guarantees were understood to bind the whole government, and to limit what the President could ask a court to do. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was such a small spring that it took more than an hour for the horses to water—Captain Call forbade the men to drink until the horses had had their fill, an order Captain McCrae agreed with. ❋ Larry McMurtry (1997)

Morrow's expression forbade argument in general, and argument before the assembled ship's crew in particular. ❋ VONDA N.MCINTYRE (1990)

But Stephen did not shoot, and with a quick word forbade the others to fire. ❋ Unknown (1901)

About twenty-five years ago the Canadian government by statute rigorously and in terms forbade women to vote. ❋ Matilda Joslyn Gage (1862)

The angel with the flaming sword forbade Adam and Eve re-entry to the Garden of Eden after their fall from grace (Genesis 3: 24). ❋ Unknown (2010)

The administration "forbade" the network news divisions from showing our brave troops fighting the fight, or showing their caskets coming home. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His manner was such as forbade me to suppose that he could be joking; and, as it was barely possible (though, for reasons well known to me, in the highest degree improbable) that Agnes might have returned by a by-path, which, leading through a dangerous and disreputable suburb, would not have coincided at any one point with the public road where I had been keeping my station. ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)

His manner was such as forbade me to suppose that he could be joking; and, as it was barely possible (though, for reasons well-known to me, in the highest degree improbable), that Agnes might have returned by a by-path, which, leading through a dangerous and disreputable suburb, would not have coincided at any one point with the public road where I had been keeping my station. ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)

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