Read full poem →'Glauce but now the third time did again
The thing which I forbade. I had to box her ears.
'Twas ill to see her both blue eyes
Dictionary Entry
To disallow; to proscribe.
In a Sentence
“Smoking in the restaurant is forbidden.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
any forbadeforbade lawforbade expressly
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Poetry examples for “forbade”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Take heed of loving me;
At least remember I forbade it thee;
Not that I shall repair my unthrifty waste
Read full poem →Take heed of loving me;
At least remember I forbade it thee;
Not that I shall repair my unthrifty waste
Read full poem →I had no earthly hope--but faith,
And that forbade a selfish death. 230
Read full poem →But yet that heart, alarmed or weak,
She knew not why, forbade to speak.
Yet speak she must--but when essay?
Read full poem →My wounds, already scarred with cold;
My bonds forbade to loose my hold. 490
We rustled through the leaves like wind,--
Read full poem →back. Trees, confronting him, stretched out their arms and
forbade him to pass. After its previous hostility this new
resistance of the forest filled him with a fine bitterness. It seemed
Read full poem →Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone 65
Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd;