Bode (?), 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. bx86;da to announce, portend. &root;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.
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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.
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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
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Bode, n. [AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG. boto. See Bode, v. t.]
A messenger; a herald.
Robertson.
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Bode, n. [See Abide.]
A stop; a halting; delay.
[Obs.]
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Bode, imp. & p. p. from Bide.
Abode.
There that night they bode.
Tennyson.
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Bode, p. p.
of Bid. Bid or bidden.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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