Bode \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. bo?a to announce, Sw. b[*a]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 \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 \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 \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 \Bode\, n. [See Abide.]

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

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

There that night they bode. --Tennyson.

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Bode \Bode\, p. p. of Bid. Bid or bidden. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

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