forbise

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Definition von forbise im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

To furnish with examples

To give as an example

Etymologie

() From Middle English forbise, forbisen (vb.), from earlier forbisenen (vb.), from forbisen (“example”, noun), from Old English forebȳsen (“example”), from fore- + bȳsen (“model, exemplar, pattern, parable, command”), from Proto-Germanic *būsniz (“command, precept”), from Proto-Germanic base *beudanan (“to ask, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheudh- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). Cognate with Old Saxon am-busan (“a command, precept”), Gothic (ana-busns, “a command”), Old Norse bȳsn (“wonder, premonition”). More at bid.