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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Forebode \Fore*bode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foreboded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Foreboding}.] [AS. forebodian; fore + bodian to
announce. See {Bode} v. t.]
1. To foretell.
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2. To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an
inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to
happen; to augur despondingly.
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His heart forebodes a mystery. --Tennyson.
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Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars
and desolation, as the certain consequence of
C[ae]sar's death. --Middleton.
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I have a sort of foreboding about him. --H. James.
Syn: To foretell; predict; prognosticate; augur; presage;
portend; betoken.
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