forbode
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English forbode, forbod, from Old English forbod (“a forbidding, prohibition”), from Proto-Germanic *fur-budan (“prohibition”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, fully perceive”). Cognate with Dutch verbod, German Verbot, Danish forbud, Swedish förbud. More at forbid.
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[edit] Noun
forbode (plural forbodes)
- A forbidding, prohibition.
- A command forbidding a thing.
- God's/The Lord's forbode
[edit] Etymology 2
From Middle English, from Old English forbēad/forbudon, past tense forms of forbēodan (“to forbid”). More at forbid.
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forbode
- obsolete simple past tense of forbid.
[edit] Etymology 3
From Middle English foreboden, from Old English forebodian (“to announce, declare”), equivalent to fore- + bode.
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- forebode (much more commonly used)
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forbode (third-person singular simple present forbodes, present participle forboding, simple past and past participle forboded)
- To portend or foretell, especially of ill; to serve as a sign or ill omen.
- The dark clouds forbode of fierce storms.
