forbode

English

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

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English forbode inherited from Old English forbod (a forbidding, prohibition) inherited from Proto-Germanic *frabudą (prohibition) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (be awake, wake, rise up, aware, perceive fully, make aware, awake, be aware, comprehend, observe, fully perceive, keep watch, be wake) prefix from English bode (portend, presage, announce).

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bode

Gloss

portend, presage, announce

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