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  1. 1. v. t. To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To foreshow something; to augur. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. An omen; a foreshadowing. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A bid; an offer. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. A messenger; a herald. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. A stop; a halting; delay. Source: opted
  7. 7. imp. & p. p. Abode. Source: opted
  8. 8. p. p. Bid or bidden. Source: opted
  9. 9. v. indicate, as with a sign or an omen Source: wordnet
  10. 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. Source: webster
  11. 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. Source: adambom
  12. 12. v:100 v. indicate by signs Source: ecdict

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