| 释义 |
† forˈbite, v. Obs.
Pa. tense 3 forbat, -bot.
[f. for- prefix1 + bite v.; = Du. verbijten, Ger. verbeiszen.]
trans. To bite. Also transf. and fig.
c1205Lay. 6497 Þat deor..ræsde o þene stede and for-bat him þa breste. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) App. 76 Þat luþer dur op sturte forbot his stedes breste. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xvi. 35 The Flesshe is a fel wynde..forbiteth the blosmes. 1586J. Hooker Girald. Irel. in Holinshed II. 87/2 When his braines are forebitten with a bottle of nappie ale. |