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Forbode (noun) means an order that stops a particular thing from being done.

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An order that stops a particular thing from being done.
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Etymology

From Middle English forbode, forbod, from Old English forbod (“a forbidding, prohibition”), from Proto-Germanic *frabudą (“prohibition”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, fully perceive”), equivalent to for- + bode. Cognate with Dutch verbod, German Verbot, Danish forbud, Swedish förbud. More at forbid.

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"forbode" (noun) means an order that stops a particular thing from being done.
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