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(), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Boded; p. pr. & vb. n.Boding.] [OE. bodien, AS. bodian to announce, tell from bod command; akin to Icel. boa to announce, Sw. bda to announce, portend. 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. 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. 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 Bode n.[AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG. boto. See Bode, v. t.] A messenger; a herald. Robertson. Bode n.[See Abide.] A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.] Bode imp. & p. p. from Bide. Abode. There that night they bode. Tennyson. Bode p. p. of Bid. Bid or bidden. [Obs.] Chaucer. スポンサード リンク
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