verbidden

From ver- +‎ bidden (“to pray”).

• IPA^(key): /vərˈbɪdə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɪdən

verbidden

1. (transitive) to persuade (by begging, prayer)
   • 1888 Genesis 25:21, Jongbloed-Bible.

     En Izak bad den HEERE zeer in de tegenwoordigheid van zijn huisvrouw; want zij was onvruchtbaar; en de HEERE liet zich van hem verbidden, zodat Rebekka, zijn huisvrouw, zwanger werd

     And Isaac prayed deeply to the LORD in the presence his wife, because she was infertile: and the LORD let himself be persuaded by him, so that Rebecca, his wife, became pregnant.

• onverbiddelijk

From Old High German firbiotan, from Proto-Germanic *furibeudaną; equivalent to ver- +‎ bidden. Cognate with German verbieten, Dutch verbieden, English forbid, Danish forbyde, Swedish förbjuda.

• IPA^(key): /fɐˈbidən/

verbidden (third-person singular present verbitt, past participle verbueden, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to forbid, to prohibit

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