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bod⋅ing

[boh-ding]
–noun
1. a foreboding; omen.
–adjective
2. foreboding; ominous.

Origin:
bef. 1000; (n.) ME; OE bodunge announcement (see bode 1 , -ing 1 ); (adj.) bode 1 + -ing 2


bod⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

bode

1[bohd] verb, bod⋅ed, bod⋅ing.
–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.
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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.]
bod·ing   (bō'dĭng)   
n.  An omen or foreboding, especially of evil.
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Word Origin & History

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.
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