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forbid
O.E.
forbeodan,
from
for-
"against" +
beodan
"to command" (see
bid
). Common Gmc. compound (cf. Du.
verbieden,
O.H.G.
farbiotan,
Ger.
verbieten,
Goth.
faurbiudan
). Related:
Forbade
;
forbidden
.
Forbidding
"uninviting" first recorded 1712.
