Forebode \Fore*bode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foreboded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Foreboding.] [AS. forebodian; fore + bodian to
announce. See Bode v. t.]
1. To foretell.
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2. To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an
inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to
happen; to augur despondingly.
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His heart forebodes a mystery. --Tennyson.
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Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars
and desolation, as the certain consequence of
C[ae]sar's death. --Middleton.
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I have a sort of foreboding about him. --H. James.
Syn: To foretell; predict; prognosticate; augur; presage;
portend; betoken.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Forebode \Fore*bode"\, v. i.
To foretell; to presage; to augur.
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If I forebode aright. --Hawthorne.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Forebode \Fore*bode"\, n.
Prognostication; presage. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
forebode
v : make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome
of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate,
call, anticipate, promise]
WordNet (r) 2.0
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "forebode":
apprehend, be imminent, betoken, bludgeon, bode, bulldoze,
cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, comminate, croak, denounce,
divine, dope, dope out, dowse for water, forecast, foresee,
foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, fortune-tell,
give advance notice, guess, hariolate, have a premonition,
have a presentiment, intimidate, look black, look threatening,
lower, make a prediction, make a prognosis, make a prophecy,
menace, omen, portend, preapprehend, precaution, predict,
prefigure, premonish, prenotify, presage, prewarn, prognosticate,
promise, prophesy, read palms, read tea leaves, read the future,
soothsay, speculate, tell fortunes, tell in advance,
tell the future, threaten, utter threats against, vaticinate,
warn
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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