Bode \Bode\, n.
1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [Obs.]
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The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth.
--Chaucer.
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2. A bid; an offer. [Obs. or Dial.] --Sir W. Scott
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Bode \Bode\, n. [AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG.
boto. See Bode, v. t.]
A messenger; a herald. --Robertson.
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Bode \Bode\, n. [See Abide.]
A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.]
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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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Bode \Bode\, imp. & p. p. from Bide.
Abode.
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There that night they bode. --Tennyson.
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Bode \Bode\, v. i.
To foreshow something; to augur.
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Whatever now
The omen proved, it boded well to you. --Dryden.
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Syn: To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken.
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Bode \Bode\, p. p. of Bid.
Bid or bidden. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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bode
v : indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: portend,
auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken,
foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast,
predict]
WordNet (r) 2.0
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Bode, IA (city, FIPS 7210)
Location: 42.86810 N, 94.28642 W
Population (1990): 335 (168 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50519
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Bode, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 327
Housing Units (2000): 168
Land area (2000): 0.409980 sq. miles (1.061843 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.409980 sq. miles (1.061843 sq. km)
FIPS code: 07210
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.867146 N, 94.287910 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50519
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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