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bode

1  [bohd] verb, bod⋅ed, bod⋅ing.
Use Bode in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to be an omen of; portend: The news bodes evil days for him.
2. Archaic. to announce beforehand; predict.
–verb (used without object)
3. to portend: The news bodes well for him.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME boden, OE bodian to announce, foretell (c. ON botha), deriv. of boda messenger, c. G Bote, ON bothi

bode

2  [bohd]
–verb
a pt. of bide.

bide

  [bahyd] verb, bid⋅ed or bode; bid⋅ed or (Archaic) bid; bid⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. Archaic. to endure; bear.
2. Obsolete. to encounter.
–verb (used without object)
3. to dwell; abide; wait; remain.
—Idiom
4. bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity: He wanted to ask for a raise, but bided his time.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME biden, OE bīdan; c. OFris bīdia, OS bīdan, OHG bītan, ON bītha, Goth beidan, L fīdere, Gk peíthesthai to trust, rely < IE *bheidh-; the meaning appar. developed: have trust > endure > wait > abide > remain

Related forms:
bider, noun

Synonyms:
3. stay, linger, tarry.
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bide   (bīd)   
v.   bid·ed or bode (bōd), bid·ed, bid·ing, bides

v.   intr.
  1. To remain in a condition or state.
    1. To wait; tarry.
    2. To stay: bide at home.
    3. To be left; remain.
v.   tr.
past tense bided To await; wait for.

[Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots.]
bode 1   (bōd)   
v.   bod·ed, bod·ing, bodes

v.   tr.
  1. To be an omen of: heavy seas that boded trouble for small craft.
  2. Archaic To predict; foretell.
v.   intr.
To be an omen; portend: The peace accord bodes well for the city under siege.

[Middle English boden, from Old English bodian, to announce; see bheudh- in Indo-European roots.]
bode 2   (bōd)   
v.  A past tense of bide.
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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.

A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. --Goldsmith.

Good onset bodes good end. --Spenser.

Bode

Bode\, v. i. To foreshow something; to augur.

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

Syn: To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken.

Bode

Bode\, n. 1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [Obs.]

The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth. --Chaucer.

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

Bode

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

Bode

Bode\, n. [See Abide.] A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.]

Bode

Bode\, imp. & p. p. from Bide. Abode.

There that night they bode. --Tennyson.

Bode

Bode\, p. p. of Bid. Bid or bidden. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Language Translation for : Bode
Spanish: presagiar, prometer, prever,
German: prophezeien,
Japanese: ～の前兆となる
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bode 
O.E. bodian "announce, foretell," from boda "message," probably related to bid, from P.Gmc. *buthan (cf. O.S. gibod, Ger. gebot, O.N. boð). As a shortened form of forebode (usually evil), it dates from 1740.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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