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forbid
verb
(for-bid)
to proscribe from or as if from the position of one in authority : command against
forbid
verb
(for-bid)
to hinder or prevent as if by an effectual command
forbid
adjective
(for-bid)
accursed
forbid
idiom
(for-bid)
—used in speech to say that one hopes a bad thing will not happen
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