forbade
Sayfur-BAD/fə(ɹ)ˈbæd/
- 1Past tense of forbid.
The new policy forbade employees from discussing their salaries with one another.
Tradition forbade the family from speaking the king's name aloud.
Note
Only the simple past takes this form: she forbade it, the council forbade the march. After have, had or a form of be, the participle forbidden takes over (the doctor had forbidden sugar; sugar was forbidden), and forbade never appears there. The past keeps the verb's two-object pattern too, as when a father forbade his son the house, warning him off by express command.
forbade is a form of forbid
forbid, verb: To prohibit or disallow something by refusing to permit it. Full entry
- Forms
- forbidforbids he/she/itforbidding -ing formforbade past tenseforbidden past participle
- Spelling
- forbid → forbade: irregular (no -ed)
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