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&unr_;a 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good onset bodes good end. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To foreshow something; to augur. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatever now
The omen proved, it boded well to you. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bid; an offer. [ Obs. or Dial. ] Sir W. Scott [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG. boto. See Bode, v. t. ] A messenger; a herald. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Abide. ] A stop; a halting; delay. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. from Bide. Abode. [ 1913 Webster ]

There that night they bode. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Bid. Bid or bidden. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Portentous; ominous. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An omen; a prognostic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This foolish, dreaming, superstitious girl
Makes all these bodements. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]