Forbid vs Forbode - What's the difference?
forbid | forbode |
To disallow; to proscribe.
* 1908 ,
To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
* Shakespeare
To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
* Dryden
(obsolete) To accurse; to blast.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To defy; to challenge.
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To portend or foretell, especially of ill; to serve as a sign or ill omen.
As verbs the difference between forbid and forbode
is that forbid is to disallow; to proscribe while forbode is form of forbid|lang=en.As a noun forbode is
a forbidding, prohibition.forbid
English
Verb
- 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.
- Have I not forbid her my house?
- An impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
- a blaze of glory that forbids the sight
- He shall live a man forbid .
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 alsoforbode
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) forbode, forbod, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(head)Etymology 3
From (etyl) foreboden, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* forebode (much more commonly used)Verb
(forbod)- The dark clouds forbode of fierce storms.