Forbode

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

(archaic) A forbidding, a prohibition; a command forbidding a thing..

Definitions by Sense

1. (archaic) A forbidding, a prohibition; a command forbidding a thing.
2. obsolete simple past of forbid.
3. Alternative form of forebode.

Example Sentences

God's/The Lord's forbode

FIRST SHEPHERD. God's forbode thou spare't and thou drink every deal.⁷ ⁷ God's forbode ... deal God forbid (literally "God's forbidding") that you refrain from drinking even if you drink it all.

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.

Thus Cloudesle cleft the apple in two, That many a man might see; "Over God's forbode," said the king, "That thou shoot at me!"

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• forbodes
• forbod
• forboding
• forboded

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