forbode

Etymology

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

forbode means A forbidding, a prohibition; a command forbidding a thing. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

A forbidding, a prohibition; a command forbidding a thing.“God's/The Lord's forbode”