forbode
forbode · forbodes
A forbidding, a prohibitionA forbidding, a prohibition; a command forbidding a thing.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic)A forbidding, a prohibition; a command forbidding a thing.
God's/The Lord's forbode
Origin
From Middle English forbode, forbod, from Old English forbod (“a forbidding, prohibition”)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.
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