v. Obs. [f. FOR- pref.1 + BATHE v.] trans. To bathe deeply, imbrue.

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1430.  Lydgate, Chronicle of Troy, III. xxvi.

        Vnto Troylus where he on foote stode
All forbathed in the grekes bloude.

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a. 1547.  Surrey, Æneid, II. 765.

        And Troyè town consumed all with flame,
Whose shore hath been so oft for-bath’d in blood?

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1563.  Sackville, Induct. Mirr. Mag., lxi.

          With conquerours hands, forbathde in their owne bloud,
And Cesar weping ouer Pompeyes head.

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