forbid

1. (transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.Examples: "Smoking in the restaurant is forbidden."; "[…] the Mole recollected that animal-etiquette forbade any sort of comment on the sudden disappearance of one's friends at any moment, for any reason or no reason whatever."; "Solon also forbade the export of corn and other agricultural products, with the single exception of olive oil, of which Athens had a surplus."transitive

2. (ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.Examples: "Have I not forbid her my house?"ditransitive

3. (transitive) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.Examples: "An impassable river forbids the approach of the army."; "a blaze of glory that forbids the sight"transitive

4. (transitive, obsolete) To accurse; to blast.Examples: "He shall live a man forbid."obsoletetransitive

5. (transitive, obsolete) To defy; to challenge.Examples: "What part of "no" do you forbid to understand?"; "So there is a resemblance between the partie that here gives licence to come to the tree of life, and the other that forbid to come to it. The one threatned with a sword; the other promiseth to the persons that keep the condition here expressed"obsoletetransitive