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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
forbode .
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Examples
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The blanket condemnations reveal a loss of reason that forbodes ill for the state of Israel.
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But my heart forbodes that, ere all is ended, you, Frodo son of Drogo, will know more of these fell things than Gildor Inglorion.
The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965
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But my heart forbodes that, ere all is ended, you, Frodo son of Drogo, will know more of these fell things than Gildor Inglorion.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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When any one forbodes bad weather, or any disaster, it is very common to say _Don't ye housenee_.
The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire James Jennings
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'Perhaps, then, his coming forbodes good to us after all.
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It was as much a heat-death symptom as sleep forbodes frost death.
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To dream of soiled finger-nails, forbodes disgrace in your family by the wild escapades of the young.
What's in a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Interpretation of Dreams 1901
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To see others crying, forbodes unexpected calls for aid from you.
What's in a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Interpretation of Dreams 1901
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To dream that you encounter a fiend, forbodes reckless living and loose morals.
What's in a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Interpretation of Dreams 1901
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But I daresay I am retailing information with which you are no doubt already quite familiar, and in all probability 'Maryllia Van' is not likely to cross your path at any time, as among her other reported characteristics is that of a cheap scorn for religion, -- a scorn which sits so unbecomingly on our modern women, and forbodes so much disaster in the future, they being the mothers of the coming race.
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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