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<blockquote>ow hast thou yield to transgress The strict <b>forbiddance</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forbidden</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For*bid"den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Prohibited; interdicted.</def>

<blockquote>I kniw no spells, use no <b>forbidden</b> arts. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Forbidden fruit</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Any coveted unlawful pleasure, -- so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>A small variety of shaddock (<spn>Citrus decumana</spn>). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.</cd></cs>

<h1>Forbiddenly</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For*bid"den*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a forbidden or unlawful manner.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Forbidder</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For*bid"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who forbids.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Forbidding</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For*bid"ding</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; <as>as, a <ex>forbidding</ex> aspect; a <ex>forbidding</ex> formality; a <ex>forbidding</ex> air.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive; repulsive; odious; abhorrent.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>For*bid"ding*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>For*bid"ding*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Forblack</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For*black"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Very black.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>As any raven's feathers it shone <b>forblack</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forboden</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For*bo"den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Forbid</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Forbore</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For*bore"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Forbear</er>.</def>

<h1>Forborne</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For*borne"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Forbear</er>.</def>

<h1>Forbruise</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For*bruise"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bruise sorely or exceedingly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>All <b>forbrosed</b>, both back and side. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

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