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Bode Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bode? [v] indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bode: augur \| auspicate \| betoken \| forecast \| foreshadow \| foretell \| omen \| portend \| predict \| prefigure \| presage \| prognosticate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bode: apprehend \| augur \| betoken \| croak \| forebode \| foreshadow \| foreshow \| foretoken \| forewarn \| have a premonition \| have a presentiment \| look black \| lower \| menace \| omen \| portend \| preapprehend \| presage \| promise \| threaten \| warn See Also \| bespeak \| foreshow \| indicate \| point \| signal \| threaten Bode In Webster's Dictionary \Bode\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boding}.] [OE. bodien, AS. bodian to announce, tell from bod command; akin to Icel. bo?a to announce, Sw. b[*a]da to announce, portend. [root]89. See {Bid}.] To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow. A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. --Goldsmith. Good onset bodes good end. --Spenser. \Bode\, v. i. To foreshow something; to augur. Whatever now The omen proved, it boded well to you. --Dryden. Syn: To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken. \Bode\, n. 1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [Obs.] The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth. --Chaucer. 2. A bid; an offer. [Obs. or Dial.] --Sir W. Scott \Bode\, n. [AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG. boto. See {Bode}, v. t.] A messenger; a herald. --Robertson. \Bode\, n. [See {Abide}.] A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.] \Bode\, imp. & p. p. from {Bide}. Abode. There that night they bode. --Tennyson. \Bode\, p. p. of {Bid}. Bid or bidden. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Bode Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bode?

[v] indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"

Bode In Webster's Dictionary

\Bode\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Boding}.] [OE. bodien, AS. bodian to announce, tell from bod
command; akin to Icel. bo?a to announce, Sw. b[*a]da to
announce, portend. [root]89. See {Bid}.]
To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to
portend to presage; to foreshow.

      A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. --Goldsmith.

      Good onset bodes good end.               --Spenser.


\Bode\, v. i.
To foreshow something; to augur.

      Whatever now The omen proved, it boded well to you.
                                               --Dryden.

Syn: To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken.


\Bode\, n.
1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [Obs.]

         The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth.
                                               --Chaucer.

2. A bid; an offer. [Obs. or Dial.] --Sir W. Scott


\Bode\, n. [AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG.
boto. See {Bode}, v. t.]
A messenger; a herald. --Robertson.


\Bode\, n. [See {Abide}.]
A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.]


\Bode\, imp. & p. p. from {Bide}.
Abode.

      There that night they bode.              --Tennyson.


\Bode\, p. p. of {Bid}.
Bid or bidden. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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