forbode
forbode noun: a forbidding, a prohibition; a command forbidding a thing. Also the obsolete simple past of forbid.
Noun
forbode (plural forbodes)
- A forbidding, a prohibition; a command forbidding a thing.
- God's/The Lord's forbode
- So Moses himself explaineth it in the words here folowing, and in v. 13. 22. 27. commandements ]or, charges: meaning prohibitions, or forbodes. For God commandeth both to eschew evil, and to doe good.1621, Henry Ainsworth, Annotations Upon the First Book of Moses, Called Genesis, source: Leviticus, Ch. IIII
Also used as
forbode is also the obsolete simple past of forbid.
forbode is also the alternative form of forebode.
Forms of forbode
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | forbodes |
| alternative form | forbod |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | forbodes |
| present participle | forboding |
| past participle | forboded |
| past | forboded |
Origin of forbode
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.
From Middle English [Term?], from Old English forbēad/forbudon, past tense forms of forbēodan (“to forbid”). More at forbid.
Questions about forbode
- What does forbode mean?
- Forbode means a forbidding, a prohibition; a command forbidding a thing.
- What part of speech is forbode?
- Forbode is a noun.
- What is the plural of forbode?
- The plural of forbode is forbodes.
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