Forbode

From Middle English forbode, forbod, from Old English forbod ("a forbidding, prohibition"), from Proto-Germanic *furbudą ("prohibition"), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- ("to be awake, fully perceive"). Cognate with Dutch verbod, German Verbot, Danish forbud, Swedish förbud. More at forbid.

Alternative forms

• forbod

Full definition of forbode

Noun

1. A forbidding, prohibition.
2. A command forbidding a thing.God's/The Lord's forbode

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

Verb

1. Form of obsolete simple past tense.

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

Alternative forms

• forebode much more commonly used

Verb

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