Forbid vs. Forfend — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Forbid and Forfend
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Forbid
To command (someone) not to do something
I forbid you to go.
Forfend
To keep or ward off; avert.
Forbid
To command against the doing or use of (something); prohibit
Forbid smoking on trains.
Forfend
(Archaic)To forbid.
Forbid
To have the effect of preventing; preclude
Discretion forbids a reply.
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Forfend
(archaic) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
Forbid
(transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
Smoking in the restaurant is forbidden.
Forfend
To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
Which peril heaven forefend!
Forbid
(ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
Forbid
(transitive) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
An impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
Forbid
To accurse; to blast.
Forbid
To defy; to challenge.
What part of "no" do you forbid to understand?
Forbid
To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict.
More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the timeForbids to dwell upon.
Forbid
To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter.
Have I not forbid her my house?
Forbid
To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
A blaze of glory that forbids the sight.
Forbid
To accurse; to blast.
He shall live a man forbid.
Forbid
To defy; to challenge.
Forbid
To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.
Forbid
Command against;
I forbid you to call me late at night
Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
Forbid
Keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing;
My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
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