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Forbids

To disallow; to proscribe.

📖 Definitions of "Forbids"

verb
  1. 1

    To disallow; to proscribe.

    "Smoking in the restaurant is forbidden."

  2. 2

    (ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.

  3. 3

    To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.

    "An impassable river forbids the approach of the army."

  4. 4

    To accurse; to blast.

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