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[ verb ] command against
Examples "I forbid you to call me late at night" "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The dramatic construction of his stories characteristically turns_on a situation in which someone is simultaneously compelled and forbidden to love . (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)That glory , craved for so long , was now forbidden to him . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)`` The Bible forbids us to bow_down to or to make graven_images . Related terms permit permit command bar enjoin outlaw ban interdiction banishment interdict ban forbiddance |
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