[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

forbid \forbid"\, v. i.
   to utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. "i did not or
   forbid." --milton.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

forbid \forbid"\ fo^rbi^d", v. t. imp. forbade
   fo^rba^d"; p. p. forbidden fo^rbi^d"d'n
   forbid, obs.; p. pr.  vb. n. forbidding
   fo^rbi^d"di^ng. oe. forbeden, as. forbe'odan;
   pref. for- + be'odan to bid; akin to d. verbieden, g.
   verbieten, icel. fyrirbj=oetha, forboetha, sw.
   f"orbjuda, dan. forbyde. see bid, v. t.
   1. to command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to
      interdict.
      1913 webster

            more than i have said . . .
            the leisure and enforcement of the time
            forbids to dwell upon.                --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to
      command not to enter.
      1913 webster

            have i not forbid her my house?       --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual
      command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of
      the army.
      1913 webster

            a blaze of glory that forbids the sight. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. to accurse; to blast. obs.
      1913 webster

            he shall live a man forbid.           --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. to defy; to challenge. obs. --l. andrews.

   syn: to prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold;
        restrain; prevent. see prohibit.
        1913 webster
see also:
forbade forbidden forbid forbidding bid prohibit 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

forbid
     v 1: command against; "i forbid you to call me late at night";
          "mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store" syn: prohibit,
           interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow ant: permit,
           permit
     2: keep from happening or arising; have the effect of
        preventing; "my sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
        syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude
     also: forbidding, forbidden, forbade, forbad
see also:
prohibit interdict proscribe veto disallow permit 
prevent forestall foreclose preclude forbidding 
forbidden forbade forbad 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

54 moby thesaurus words for "forbid":
   anticipate, avert, ban, bar, block, check, curb, debar, deflect,
   deny, deter, disallow, discourage, dishearten, embargo, enjoin,
   estop, exclude, exclude from, fend, fend off, foreclose, forestall,
   halt, help, hinder, impede, inhibit, interdict, keep from,
   keep off, obstruct, obviate, outlaw, preclude, prevent, prohibit,
   proscribe, refuse, reject, repel, repress, restrain, rule out,
   save, say no to, shut out, stave off, stop, suppress, taboo,
   turn aside, veto, ward off

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forbid - definition by dict.die.net
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