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Definition of forbid

"forbid" in the verb sense

1. forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix

command against

"I forbid you to call me late at night"

"Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"

"Dad nixed our plans"

2. prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid

keep from happening or arising make impossible

"My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"

"Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"

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Quotations for forbid

Far be it from me; God forbid.

Oh, no! we never mention her;
Her name is never heard;
My lips are now forbid to speak
That once familiar word. [ T. H. Bayly ]

O there are Voices of the Past,
Links of a broken chain.
Wings that can bear me back to times
Which cannot come again;
Yet God forbid that I should lose
The echoes that remain! [ Adelaide A. Procter ]

Search not to find what lies too deeply hid;
Nor to know things whose knowledge is forbid. [ Denham ]

Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. [ Jesus ]

The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of daily business, so long as its clouds rise thick about us, forbid the intellect to fasten itself. [ Froude ]

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forbid in Scrabble®

The word forbid is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters forbid:

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forbid in Words With Friends™

The word forbid is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

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Words within the letters of forbid

2 letter words in forbid (5 words)

doidifofor

3 letter words in forbid (10 words)

bidfibfirforfroorbribridrobrod

4 letter words in forbid (3 words)

birddribforb

6 letter words in forbid (1 word)

forbid

forbid + 1 blank (2 words)

fibroidforbids

forbid + 2 blanks (2 words)

fibroidsfibrosed
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Word Growth involving forbid

Shorter words in forbid

id bid

or for forb

or orb forb

Longer words containing forbid

forbiddable

forbiddal forbiddals

forbiddance forbiddances

forbidden forbiddenly unforbiddenly

forbidden forbiddenness unforbiddenness

forbidden nonforbidden

forbidden unforbidden unforbiddenly

forbidden unforbidden unforbiddenness

forbidder forbidders

forbidding forbiddingly

forbidding forbiddingness

forbidding forbiddings

forbidding unforbidding

forbids

unforbidded