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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |