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Grammar : Adj
Spell : fer-bid-n, fawr-
Phonetic Transcription : fərˈbɪd n, fɔr-

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Définition of forbidden

Origin :
  • Old English forbeodan "forbid, prohibit," from for- "against" + beodan "to command" (see bid). Common Germanic compound (cf. Dutch verbieden, Old High German farbiotan, German verbieten, Old Norse fyrirbjoða, Gothic faurbiudan "to forbid"). Related: Forbade; forbidden.
  • adj outlawed, prohibited
Example sentences :
  • Many other things I saw and heard, but was forbidden to relate.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Even now, he was engaged in committing that crime which she had forbidden him.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The book of rules stated explicitly that such things were forbidden.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • All lesser forms of lying are forbidden along with the greater.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • Why have they not forbidden the sale of whiskey in all saloons?
  • Extract from : « Government by the Brewers? » by Adolph Keitel
  • You know we have forbidden you to take anything to eat before mealtime.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • The little one came out, for she knew that she ought not to do what was forbidden.
  • Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
  • Where the forbidden thing is, no precaution can be too great.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Biddy saw to it that Monny couldn't edge in a word on the forbidden subject.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • But the parliament were forbidden by authority to meddle in the affair.
  • Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume

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