a. Obs. rare–1. [? f. OF. forb-er to counterfeit + -ATE.] ? Counterfeit, imitation.
1558. Treasurer’s Acc., in Lauder’s Tractate (1864), Preface, p. vii. Deliuerit to the vii. Planetis, with Cupido, xxiiii. ellis of forbate taffeteis, of syndrie sortes of hewis.
