Bode \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. bo?a to announce, Sw. b[*a]da to
   announce, portend. [root]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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	Boding \Bod"ing\ (b[=o]d"[i^]ng), a.
   Foreshowing; presaging; ominous. -- Bod"ing*ly, adv.
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	Boding \Bod"ing\, n.
   A prognostic; an omen; a foreboding.
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	boding
    n 1: a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of
         foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge
         would dismiss the case" [syn: foreboding, premonition,
         presentiment, boding]