English

Alternative forms

• forbod

Noun

forbode ‎(plural forbodes)

1. A forbidding, prohibition.
2. A command forbidding a thing.

   God's/The Lord's forbode

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old English forbēad/forbudon, past tense forms of forbēodan ‎(“to forbid”). More at forbid.

Verb

forbode

1. obsolete simple past tense of forbid.

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

• forebode (much more commonly used)

Verb

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.

Synonyms

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

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