Found 2 items, similar to forbade.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: forbade forbade See forbid forbid v 1: command against; “I forbid you to call me late at night”; “Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store” [syn: prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow] [ant: permit, permit] 2: keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; “My sense of tact forbids an honest answer” [syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude] [also: forbidding, forbidden, forbade, forbad]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Forbade Forbade \For*bade"\, imp. of Forbid. [1913 Webster] Forbid \For*bid"\ (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"), v. t. [imp. Forbade (f[o^]r*b[a^]d"); p. p. Forbidden (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"d'n) (Forbid, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. Forbidding (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"d[i^]ng).] [OE. forbeden, AS. forbe['o]dan; pref. for- + be['o]dan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel. fyrirbj[=o][eth]a, forbo[eth]a, Sw. f["o]rbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See Bid, v. t.] 1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. [1913 Webster] More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. [1913 Webster] Have I not forbid her my house? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army. [1913 Webster] A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He shall live a man forbid. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews. Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See Prohibit. [1913 Webster]