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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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