forbid
fer bid
- v command against
I forbid you to call me late at night - v keep from happening or arising; make impossible
My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
- The same politicians who voted last week to forbid genetic discrimination, because they apparently believe you should not gain any advantage or suffer any disadvantage as a result .
- Opposed plan in Arkansas to forbid voting rights to illegal immigrants; Described the plan as "race-baiting.
- But that's exactly what some hopeful soul at the Department of Defense instructed, in a memo intended to forbid Pentagon staff reading a copy of the Taguba report detailing abuse .