Bode

imp. & p. p. Boded; p. pr. & vb. n. Boding

1. To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow.

   A raven that bodes nothing but mischief.

   Good onset bodes good end.

1. To foreshow something; to augur.

   Whatever now The omen proved, it boded well to you.

1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [Obs.]

   The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth.

2. A bid; an offer. [Obs. or Dial.]

1. A messenger; a herald.

1. A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.]

1. Abode.

   There that night they bode.

1. Bid or bidden. [Obs.]