forbode

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

Alternative formsEdit

• forbod

NounEdit

forbode ‎(plural forbodes)

1. A forbidding, prohibition.
2. 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

1. obsolete simple past tense of forbid.

Etymology 3Edit

From Middle English foreboden, from Old English forebodian ‎(“to announce, declare”), equivalent to fore- +‎ bode.

Alternative formsEdit

• forebode (much more commonly used)

VerbEdit

forbode ‎(third-person singular simple present forbodes, present participle forboding, simple past and past participle forboded)

1. To portend or foretell, especially of ill; to serve as a sign or ill omen.

   The dark clouds forbode of fierce storms.

SynonymsEdit

• (to portend or foretell): foretell, portend, predict

TranslationsEdit

portend

• Greek:

  Ancient: μαντεύομαι ‎(manteúomai)

• Latin: portendō, polliceor

• Russian: предвеща́ть (ru) ‎(predveščátʹ)