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fore bode

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fore⋅bode

[fawr-bohd, fohr-] verb, -bod⋅ed, -bod⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend: clouds that forebode a storm.
2. to have a strong inner feeling or notion of (a future misfortune, evil, catastrophe, etc.); have a presentiment of.
–verb (used without object)
3. to prophesy.
4. to have a presentiment.

Origin:
1595–1605; fore- + bode


fore⋅bod⋅er, noun


1. foreshadow, presage, forecast, augur.
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