BODE

bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen; “These signs bode bad news”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Bode

A surname.

A male given name

A city in Iowa

A village in Nepal

A river in Germany, a tributary to the Saale

A small river and tributary to the Wipper

Anagrams

• Debo, Obed, bedo

Etymology 1

Verb

bode (third-person singular simple present bodes, present participle boding, simple past and past participle boded)

(transitive, intransitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.

Synonyms: portend, presage, foreshow

(intransitive, followed by "well", "ill", "no good", etc.) To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future.

Noun

bode (plural bodes)

An omen; a foreshadowing.

Etymology 2

Noun

bode (plural bodes)

(obsolete or dialect) A bid; an offer.

Etymology 3

Noun

bode (plural bodes)

A messenger; a herald.

Etymology 4

Noun

bode (plural bodes)

A stop; a halting; delay.

Etymology 5

Verb

bode

simple past tense of bide

Anagrams

• Debo, Obed, bedo

Source: Wiktionary


Bode, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boded; p. pr. & vb. n. Boding.] Etym: [OE. bodien, AS. bodian to announce, tell from bod command; akin to Icel. bo to announce, Sw. bĂĄda to announce, portend. sq. root89. See Bid.]

Definition: 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.

Definition: 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. Etym: [AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG. boto. See Bode, v. t.]

Definition: A messenger; a herald. Robertson.

Bode, n. Etym: [See Abide.]

Definition: A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.]

Bode, imp. & p. p. from Bide.

Definition: Abode. There that night they bode. Tennyson.

Bode, p. p.

Definition: of Bid. Bid or bidden. [Obs.] Chaucer.

BIDE

Bide, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bided; p. pr. & vb. n. Biding.] Etym: [OE. biden, AS. bidan; akin to OHG. bitan, Goth. beidan, Icel. bi; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to bid. See Bid, v. t., and cf. Abide.]

1. To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay. All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell. Milton.

2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be. Shak.

Bide, v. t.

1. To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo. Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm. Shak.

2. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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