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Forbidden

//fə.ˈbɪ.dn̩// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not allowed; specifically disallowed.

    "Maſters commands come with a power reſiſtleſs / To ſuch as owe them abſolute ſubjection; / And for a life who will not change his purpoſe? / (So mutable are all the ways of men) / Yet this be ſure, in nothing to comply / Scandalous or forbidden in our Law."

Adjective
  1. 1
    excluded from use or mention wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of forbid form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

Past participle of the verb forbid. Doublet of verboten. Compare German verboten, Dutch verboden, Swedish förbjuden, and West Frisian ferbean.

Etymology 2

Past participle of the verb forbid. Doublet of verboten. Compare German verboten, Dutch verboden, Swedish förbjuden, and West Frisian ferbean.

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