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Oxford Reference Dictionary

(also forbad) past of FORBID.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Forbade For*bade", imp. of Forbid.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Forbid For*bid", v. t. [imp. Forbade; p. p. Forbidden(Forbid, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. Forbidding.] [OE. forbeden, AS. forbe['o]dan; pref. for- + be['o]dan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel., fyrirbj[=o][eth]a, forbo[eth]a, Sw. f["o]rbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See Bid, v. t.] 1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon. --Shak. 2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. Have I not forbid her my house? --Shak. 3. 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. --Dryden. 4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.] He shall live a man forbid. --Shak. 5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews. Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withold; restrain; prevent. See Prohibit.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Forbade is the past tense of forbid.