forbode
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EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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.
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
forbode (plural forbodes)
- (archaic) A forbidding, prohibition.
- (archaic) A command forbidding a thing.
- God's/The Lord's forbode
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English, from Old English forbēad/forbudon, past tense forms of forbēodan (“to forbid”). More at forbid.
VerbEdit
forbode
- obsolete simple past tense of forbid.
Etymology 3Edit
VerbEdit
forbode (third-person singular simple present forbodes, present participle forboding, simple past and past participle forboded)
- Alternative form of forebode
TranslationsEdit
forebode — see forebode
ReferencesEdit
- forbode at OneLook Dictionary Search