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   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. boða to announce, Sw. båda to announce, portend. √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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   Bode, v. i. To foreshow something; to augur.
   
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   The omen proved, it boded well to you. Dryden.
   
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   Syn. -- To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken.
   
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   Bode, n.
   1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [Obs.]
   
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   The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth. Chaucer.
   
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   2. A bid; an offer. [Obs. or Dial.]  Sir W. Scott
   
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   Bode, n. [AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG. boto. See Bode, v. t.] A messenger; a herald.  Robertson.
   
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   Bode, n. [See Abide.] A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.]
   
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   Bode, imp. & p. p. from Bide. Abode.
   
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   There that night they bode. Tennyson.
   
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   Bode, p. p. of Bid. Bid or bidden. [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
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