Thesaurus: bode

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1. v. t. To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow.
2. v. i. To foreshow something; to augur.
3. n. An omen; a foreshadowing.
4. n. A bid; an offer.
5. v. t. A messenger; a herald.
6. n. A stop; a halting; delay.
7. imp. & p. p. Abode.
8. p. p. Bid or bidden.
9. v. indicate, as with a sign or an omen
10. 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. To foreshow something; to augur. Whatever now The omen proved, it boded well to you. Dryden. Syn. -- To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken. 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 A messenger; a herald. Robertson. A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.] Abode. There that night they bode. Tennyson. of Bid. Bid or bidden. [Obs.] Chaucer.
11. To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; toportend to presage; to foreshow.A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. Goldsmith.Good onset bodes good end. Spenser.
12. v:100 v. indicate by signs