Forbiddance
(For*bid"dance) n. The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.
[Obs.]
How hast thou yield to transgress
The strict forbiddance.
Milton. Forbidden
(For*bid"den) a. Prohibited; interdicted.
I know no spells, use no forbidden arts.
Milton. Forbidden fruit.
(a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, — so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of
the Garden of Eden. (b) (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given in
different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.
Forbiddenly
(For*bid"den*ly), adv. In a forbidden or unlawful manner. Shak.
Forbidder
(For*bid"der) n. One who forbids. Milton.
Forbidding
(For*bid"ding) a. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting
or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.
Syn. — Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive; repulsive; odious; abhorrent.
— For*bid"ding*ly, adv. — For*bid"ding*ness, n.
Forblack
(For*black") a. Very black. [Obs.]
As any raven's feathers it shone forblack.
Chaucer. Forboden
(For*bo"den) obs. p. p. of Forbid. Chaucer.
Forbore
(For*bore") imp. of Forbear.
Forborne
(For*borne") p. p. of Forbear.
Forbruise
(For*bruise") v. t. To bruise sorely or exceedingly. [Obs.]
All forbrosed, both back and side.
Chaucer. Forby
(For*by") adv. & prep. [See Foreby.] Near; hard by; along; past. [Obs.]
To tell her if her child went ought forby.
Chaucer.
To the intent that ships may pass along forby all the sides of the city without let.
Robynson Forcarve
(For*carve") v. t. To cut completely; to cut off. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Force
(Force) v. t. [See Farce to stuff.] To stuff; to lard; to farce. [R.]
Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit.
Shak. Force
(Force), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. fors, foss, Dan. fos.] A waterfall; a cascade. [Prov.
Eng.]
To see the falls for force of the river Kent.
T. Gray. Force
(Force), n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis strong. See Fort, n.]