forbids

verb

Definition of forbidsnext
present tense third-person singular of forbid
as in prohibits
to order not to do or use or to be done or used smoking is forbidden throughout the building we forbid you to see him

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Recent Examples of forbids Dale forbids Brennan to touch his beloved drum kit; Brennan responds by rubbing a NSFW part of his anatomy along the skins. — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025 The first, from Dick, forbids it from using the old single-Black-district maps. — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 18 Mar. 2025 The city also must follow a 2017 ruling by the state’s highest court that forbids Massachusetts authorities from holding a person otherwise entitled to release from custody based solely on a federal request. — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025

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