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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BODE, v.t. To portend; to foreshow; to presage; to indicate something future by signs; to be the omen of; most generally applied to things; as, our vices bode evil to the country.
BODE, v.i. To foreshow; to presage.
This bodes well to you.
BODE, n. An omen.
1. A stop.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb (boded; boding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bodian; akin to Old English b?odan to proclaim — more at bid Date: before 12th century 1. archaic to announce beforehand ; foretell 2. to indicate by signs ; presage <this controversy…will bode ill for both of us — A. H. Lowe> II. past of bide

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. portend, foreshow. 2 tr. foresee, foretell (evil). Phrases and idioms: bode well (or ill) show good (or bad) signs for the future. Derivatives: boding n. Etymology: OE bodian f. boda messenger

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. --Goldsmith. Good onset bodes good end. --Spenser.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bode 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bode 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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bode Bode, imp. & p. p. from Bide. Abode. There that night they bode. --Tennyson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bodes, boding, boded) If something bodes ill, it makes you think that something bad will happen in the future. If something bodes well, it makes you think that something good will happen. (FORMAL) She says the way the bill was passed bodes ill for democracy... Grace had dried her eyes. That boded well. VERB: V adv for n, V adv

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Betoken, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, prefigure, presage, augur, foretell, predict, forebode, prophesy, be ominous of. II. v. n. Forebode, presage, be ominous.

Moby Thesaurus

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