Bode \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.
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A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. --Goldsmith.
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Good onset bodes good end. --Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Boding \Bod"ing\ (b[=o]d"[i^]ng), a.
Foreshowing; presaging; ominous. --
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Boding \Bod"ing\, n.
A prognostic; an omen; a foreboding.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
boding
n : a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of
foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the
judge would dismiss the case" [syn: foreboding, premonition,
presentiment]
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