Antonyms for forbid

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fer-bid, fawr-

Phonetic Transcription : fərˈbɪd, fɔr-

Definition of forbid

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.

verb outlaw, prohibit an action

Example sentences :

How often, Clary, must I forbid your unsisterly reflections?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

I suppose you will write to the oddities, since you are forbid to see them.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Will he deny me the visits of my dearest friend, and forbid me to correspond with her?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

For they were in hopes of prevailing upon my father to forbid his visits.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

I forbid you, on pain of death, to make any more attempts to get the Golden Fleece.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

These Delawares have their laws, which forbid them to detain you; but I—I have no such obligation.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

It would be treacherous, now that he's helpless to forbid me.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

Honor, where would be your resolution to forbid him your presence?
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

I may send to you, although you are forbid to write to me; may I not?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

More than this I will not say to you, save that I forbid you this house, and require you to be gone.'
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for forbid

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