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bode 1  (bd)
v. bod·ed, bod·ing, bodes
v.tr.
1. To be an omen of: heavy seas that boded trouble for small craft.
2. Archaic To predict; foretell.
v.intr.
To be an omen; portend: The peace accord bodes well for the city under siege.

[Middle English boden, from Old English bodian, to announce; see bheudh- in Indo-European roots.]

bode 2  (bd)
v.
A past tense of bide.

bode1
vb
1. to be an omen of (good or ill, esp of ill); portend; presage
2. (tr) Archaic to predict; foretell
[Old English bodian; related to Old Norse botha to proclaim, Old Frisian bodia to invite]
boding  n & adj
bodement  n

bode2
vb
the past tense of bide

bode - Boda is messenger in Germanic, hence "bode"; at first, a bode was a command—then an omen or premonition.
See also related terms for messenger.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.bode - indicate by signsbode - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
threaten - to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens"
bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal, point - be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
foreshow - foretell by divine inspiration

bode
verb augur, portend, threaten, predict, signify, foreshadow, presage, betoken, be an omen, forebode Grace had dried her eyes. That boded well.
Translations
bode [bəʊd] (liter)
A. VTpresagiar
it bodes no goodno promete nada bueno
B. VI it bodes well/illes de buen/mal agüero

bode [ˈbəʊd] vi
to bode well for → être de bon augure pour
this does not bode well for ... → cela ne présage rien de bon pour ...
to bode ill for → être de mauvais augure pour

bode
vi to bode well/illein gutes/schlechtes Zeichen sein
vtbedeuten, ahnen lassen; that bodes no gooddas bedeutet nichts Gutes, das lässt Böses ahnen

bode [bəʊd] vi to bode wellpromettere bene
to bode ill → non promettere nulla di buono

bode [bəud]
to be an omen of or to foretell bad or good fortune This bodes well for the future. beloof يُنْذِرُ بالخَيْرِ вещая věštit dobré/špatné love prophezeien προμηνύω presagiar, prometer, prever halvaks endeks olema, heaks endeks olema پیشگویی کردن؛ از آینده خبر دادن enteillä présager לְבַשֵר भविष्य सूचित करना proreći jósol firasat boða/vita á gott/illt far presagire ~の前兆となる …의 전조가 되다 reikšti gera/bloga paredzēt; pareģot sliktu / labu membawa petanda voorspellen varsle źle/dobrze wróżyć prever a fi semn (bun) служить дурным/хорошим предзнаменованием veštiť (dobré, zlé) napovedati slutiti na []båda, vara illavarslande/båda gott เป็นลาง şerre/hayra alâmet olmak 預示(警)… віщувати شگون ، پیش گوئی báo trước


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