OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 2841

forbid

/fɚˈbɪd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
negar • prohibir • vedar • vetar
To disallow; to proscribe.
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.