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Webster 1913 Edition


Forbidden

For-bid′den

,
Adj.
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.