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forbiddal en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English forbid Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English forbiddal From forbid + -al.

Meanings

1. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The act of forbidding something.
   • The priests and elders among early folk no doubt took the line of forbiddal of activities, as safer and simpler, even if carried sometimes too far, than the opposite, of easy permission and encouragement. 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 193:

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