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forbid | cursed |

As a verb forbid

is to disallow; to proscribe.

As an adjective cursed is

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forbid

English

Verb

  • To disallow; to proscribe.
    • Smoking in the restaurant is forbidden .
  • * 1908 ,
    • 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.
  • To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Have I not forbid her my house?
  • To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
    • An impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
  • * Dryden
    • a blaze of glory that forbids the sight
  • (obsolete) To accurse; to blast.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He shall live a man forbid .
  • (obsolete) To defy; to challenge.

    • Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive'' when the forbidden person is mentioned, and the ''gerund (-ing) otherwise. See . Examples: ** The management forbids employees to smoke in the office. (Active; those subject to prohibition are identified) ** Employees are forbidden to smoke in the office. (Passive; those subject to prohibition are identified) ** The management forbids smoking in the office. (Active; those subject to prohibition are not identified) ** Smoking in the office is forbidden. (Passive; those subject to prohibition are not identified)

    Synonyms

    * prohibit * disallow * ban * veto * See also

    References

    * * English irregular verbs English reporting verbs

    cursed

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (poetic) * curst (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having some sort of divine harm, malady, or other curse.
  • (obsolete) Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women).
  • * 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) , :
  • *:LEONATO. By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.
  • *:ANTONIO. In faith, she's too curst .
  • *:BEATRICE. Too curst' is more than '''curst''': I shall lessen God's sending that way; for it is said, 'God sends a '''curst''' cow short horns;' but to a cow too ' curst he sends none.

    • Antonyms

    * blessed
    Derived terms
    * cursedness * cursedly

    Verb

    (head)
  • (curse)

    • Anagrams

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