Thesaurus: forebode

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1. v. t. To foretell.
2. v. t. 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.
3. v. i. To fortell; to presage; to augur.
4. n. Prognostication; presage.
5. v. make a prediction about; tell in advance
6. 1. To foretell. 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. His heart forebodes a mystery. Tennyson. Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of Cæsar's death. Middleton. I have a sort of foreboding about him. H. James. Syn. -- To foretell; predict; prognosticate; augur; presage; portend; betoken. To fortell; to presage; to augur. If I forebode aright. Hawthorne. Prognostication; presage. [Obs.]
7. To fortell; to presage; to augur.If I forebode aright. Hawthorne.
8. v make a prediction about; tell in advance