Definition of "forbode" [forbode]

• A forbidding, prohibition. (noun)
• A command forbidding a thing. (noun)
• Obsolete simple past tense of forbid. (verb)
• To portend or foretell, especially of ill; to serve as a sign or ill omen. (verb)

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• "Much of the time, it's just a misspelling-for example, "forbode" instead of "forebode,""
• "If there are other (control) issues I'm not aware of, such as if you "forbode" her to get one, you may be in a power struggle, and one you obviously aren't going to win."
• "AND that all the dark portents of late (the Augustine II review, rumors of "possible cuts to human spaceflight", etc) do not forbode a retreat from real (vs 'more advanced studies') exploration beyond LEO."