forbode

forbode

(fɔːˈbəʊd)
n
a forbidding
vb (tr)
obsolete to forbid
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"There can be, if I forbode aright, no power, short of the Divine mercy, to disclose, whether by uttered words, or by type or emblem, the secrets that may be buried in the human heart.
``Over God's forbode!'' said Prince John, involuntarily turning at the same time as pale as death, and shrinking as if blighted by a flash of lightning;
But immediately in front of the lodges was a gathering, that seemed to forbode some movements of more than usual interest.
dissolucion in godis seruise, brekyng of licence many place [??]at is forbode, euyl ensaumple 3euyng, takyng away any mannys name or fame, 3if3e (++) spekyng o[??]er (12) vnclennesse o[??]er blethlich heryng, custom ofte for to falle in to [??]e same synne be sleuthe, desire more goud for pride, for aray of oure body, o[??]er for any o[??]er vanite
'Over God's forbode!' said Prince John, involuntarily turning at the same time as pale as death, and shrinking as if blighted by a flash of lightning (104).
The number of appeals runs parallel with other workers' compensation cases so, on balance, the California experience cannot but forbode similar problems should New York adopt the proposed revisions to its workers' compensation system.
Among them was the American journalist, Hoffman Smith, and the Iraqi journalist, Aws Al-Khafaji, who said, "We had an agreement with the American troops to head to the field where the fighting was taking place, but then we were locked in the hotel by the Iraqi forces who forbode any journalist to head to the place."The truth, however, came from al-Diwaniyyah, where at three o'clock on Monday, 54 bodies of Hatimi tribe arrived.
And we forbeodad on Godes forbode, paet nan man na ma wifa naebbe buton I; & seo beo mid rihte beweddod & forgifen ...
"Whether I shall ever be better I can not tell; I awfully forbode I shall not.
England won two corners in the first minute, which forbode ill for Wales, but Peter Taylor's glittering array of young Premiership talent then flattered to deceive against opponents mostly gathered from the lower reaches of the Football League.
And then Maud said, "Our goddes forbode that you should have the power to know me carnally unless you will marry me." Robert answered, "Behold my oath that if I take anyone to be my wife I shall take you if you will yield to me." Maud answered, "Behold my oath that I will be at your disposal." And Robert took her in his arms and threw her to the ground in le Kowhos and knew her carnally.
then, should prove readily comprehensible yet also carry a note of strain or artificiality, heightening their perceived degree of poeticity: "And 0, ye Fountains, Meadows, Hills, and Groves, / Forbode not any severing of our loves!" Notice how Wordsworth heightens the sense of ''boldness" not only by multiplication, offering a whole list of inanimate addressees, but by non-standard, "poetical" sounding forms like "ye" and the apostrophic "O" itself.