Syn.
— To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken.
BODE
Bode, n.
1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [Obs.] The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth. Chaucer.
2. A bid; an offer. [Obs. or Dial.] Sir W. Scott
BODE
Bode, n. Etym: [AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG. boto.
See Bode, v. t.]
Defn: A messenger; a herald. Robertson.
BODE
Bode, n. Etym: [See Abide.]
Defn: A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.]
BODE
Bode, imp. & p. p. from Bide.
Defn: Abode.
There that night they bode. Tennyson.