† forbitev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To bite. Also transferred and figurative.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > biting > bite [verb (transitive)]
britOE
biteOE
forbitec1275
to-bite1375
hancha1400
pincha1425
savage1838
maul1848
bebite1880
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3239 Þat deor..ræsde o þene stede. and for-bat [c1300 Otho for-bot] him þa breste.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) App. 76 Þat luþer dur op sturte forbot his stedes breste.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvi. 35 The Flesshe is a fel wynde..forbiteth the blosmes.
1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 85/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I When his braynes are forebitten with a bottle of nappie Ale.
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