Bode — Defs

01 v. t. To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow.

imp. & p. p. Boded; p. pr. & vb. n. Boding

1.
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.

02 v. i. To foreshow something; to augur.

1.
To foreshow something; to augur.
“Whatever now The omen proved, it boded well to you.” — Dryden.

Syn. To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken.

03 n. An omen; a foreshadowing.

1.
An omen; a foreshadowing.[Obs.]
“The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth.” — Chaucer.
2.
A bid; an offer.[Obs. or Dial.]

04 n. A messenger; a herald.

05 n. A stop; a halting; delay.

06 imp. & p. p. Abode.

07 p. p. Bid or bidden.