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forbid | x |

As a verb forbid

is to disallow; to proscribe.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

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

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----