Meaning of forbode | Babel Free

Definitions

A forbidding, a prohibition; a command forbidding a thing.

archaic

Examples

“God's/The Lord's forbode”

“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!"”

“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.”

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