Bode
WordNet
verb
(1) Indicate by signs
"These signs bode bad news"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From O.E. , from , cognate with Dutch bode & German ; probably related to bid, from the Proto-Germanic root (compare O.S. gibod, German gebot & Gebot, O.N. boð).
- Since 1740 also a shortening of forebode
Verb
- To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow.
- To foreshow something; to augur.