bodings
plural of boding
Source: Wiktionary
Bod"ing, a.
Definition: Foreshowing; presaging; ominous.
– Bod"ing*ly, adv.
Bod"ing, n.
Definition: A prognostic; an omen; a foreboding.
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. båda 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, 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
24 December 2024
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