bode

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

bode, v. t. [OE. bodien, AS. bodian to announce, tell from bod command; akin to Icel. boa to announce, Sw. båda to announce, portend. Bid.].

 To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow.  [1913 Webster]
"A raven that bodes nothing but mischief."  [1913 Webster]
"Good onset bodes good end."  [1913 Webster]

bode, v. i. 

 To foreshow something; to augur.  [1913 Webster]
"Whatever now
The omen proved, it boded well to you."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken.

bode, n. 

•  An omen; a foreshadowing.  [1913 Webster]

  "The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth."  [1913 Webster]
•  A bid; an offer.  Sir W. Scott  [1913 Webster]

bode, n. [AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG. boto. See Bode, v. t.].

 A messenger; a herald.  Robertson.  [1913 Webster]

bode, n. [See Abide.].

 A stop; a halting; delay.  [1913 Webster]

bode, imp. & p. p. 

 Abode.  [1913 Webster]
"There that night they bode."  [1913 Webster]

bode, p. p. 

 Bid or bidden.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bode, v.
1 tr. portend, foreshow.
2 tr. foresee, foretell (evil).

Idiom

bode well (or ill) show good (or bad) signs for the future.

Derivative

boding n.

Etymology

OE bodian f. boda messenger

THESAURUS

bode

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

ROGET THESAURUS

bode

Prediction

VB predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, advise, forewarn, presage, augur, bode, abode, forebode, foretoken, betoken, prefigure, preshow, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to, usher in, herald, premise, announce, lower, hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope, bid fair, promise, lead one to expect, be the precursor, extrapolate, project.