bode

To bode is to be a prediction of some particular outcome.

(verb)

Getting into a huge argument with your spouse the night before your marriage is an example of something that doesn't bode well for your future.

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transitive verb boded, boding

Origin: ME bodien < OE bodian < boda, messenger, prob. < IE base of bid

intransitive verb, transitive verb

bide

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verb bod·ed, bod·ing, bodes

verb, transitive

verb, intransitive

To be an omen; portend: The peace accord bodes well for the city under siege.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English boden

Origin: , from Old English bodian, to announce; see bheudh- in Indo-European roots

verb

A past tense of bide.

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