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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. --Goldsmith.
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Good onset bodes good end. --Spenser.
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