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bode verb1.
[Old English bodian = Old Frisian bodia, formed as BODE noun1.]
verb trans. Announce, proclaim. OE-ME.
b. verb intrans. Preach the gospel. OE-ME.
verb trans. Of a person: foretell, presage, have a presentiment of (esp. evil). OE.
B. Franklin There are croakers in every country, always boding its ruin.
verb trans., & intrans. with well, ill. Of a thing: betoken, portend, promise. ME.
J. Tyndall That lingering rosy hue which bodes good weather. A. Sillitoe Winnie laughed, an expression of mirth that boded no good for her husband.
verb trans. Command (a person) that. Only in ME.
bodement noun an augury, omen; a presentiment; a prophecy, a prediction: E17.
boder noun OE.
boding noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) = bodement: OE.
bodingly adverb ominously; with a presentiment: E19.