v. Obs. [f. FOR- pref.1 + BATHE v.] trans. To bathe deeply, imbrue.
1430. Lydgate, Chronicle of Troy, III. xxvi.
| Vnto Troylus where he on foote stode | |
| All forbathed in the grekes bloude. |
a. 1547. Surrey, Æneid, II. 765.
| And Troyè town consumed all with flame, | |
| Whose shore hath been so oft for-bath’d in blood? |
1563. Sackville, Induct. Mirr. Mag., lxi.
| With conquerours hands, forbathde in their owne bloud, | |
| And Cesar weping ouer Pompeyes head. |
