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Etymology 1 alt. 1 A forbidding, prohibition. 2 A command forbidding a thing. n. 1 A forbidding, prohibition. 2 A command forbidding a thing. Etymology 2
vb. (form of obsolete simple past tense forbid English). Etymology 3
alt. To portend or foretell, especially of ill; to serve as a sign or ill omen. vb. To portend or foretell, especially of ill; to serve as a sign or ill omen.
Usage examples of "forbode".
But thou wilt not have this desire, nor do I myself forbode that so it will be.
I am of opinion that the only foreboding in which man can have any sort of faith is the one which forbodes evil, because it comes from the mind, while a presentiment of happiness has its origin in the heart, and the heart is a fool worthy of reckoning foolishly upon fickle fortune.
Forboding seaped from all the gouls and hags and multy eyed creatures of his dark dreams.
For at once she truly forboded that the aid she had given was not hidden from her father, and that quickly she would fill up the cup of woe.
The mournful music of their parting song, To soul and sense the sad forboding bringing, Some ill detains thee in the town so long: Oh, that the morn may dissipate the fear, And bring good tidings of my daughter dear!
His face was still a mask of forboding, but for a heartbeat there was a look of concern in his eyes as he shrank back from even the prospect of the accursed dice coming his way.
Nothing else is spoken of among all the ladies I have seen today, and all agree it forbodes some terrible evil.
I am of opinion that the only foreboding in which man can have any sort of faith is the one which forbodes evil, because it comes from the mind, while a presentiment of happiness has its origin in the heart, and the heart is a fool worthy of reckoning foolishly upon fickle fortune.