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forbid

What is the past tense of forbid?

The past tense of forbid is forbade, and the past participle is forbidden.

Forbid is an irregular (strong) verb: the vowel changes instead of adding -ed.

All forms of forbid

as a verb

base
forbid
past tense
forbade
past participle
forbidden
present participle
forbidding
third-person singular
forbids