Definition of "forbade" []

• A past tense of forbid. (verb)

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• "Mahmud made a second entertainment and sent to invite Ala al-Din; but he consulted the Chief Cameleer who again forbade him."
• "She wanted to hold him, to be held by him, the way a dropped stone wants to fall, but his expression forbade her."
• "Tears rose to her eyes, she stamped, she jumped up and down, and, in short, forbade the doctor to kill it."