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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
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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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