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fore⋅bode

  [fawr-bohd, fohr-] verb, -bod⋅ed, -bod⋅ing.
Use forebode in a Sentence
–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

Related forms:
fore⋅bod⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. foreshadow, presage, forecast, augur.
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fore·bode   (fôr-bōd', fōr-)   
v.   fore·bod·ed, fore·bod·ing, fore·bodes

v.   tr.

  1. To indicate the likelihood of; portend: harsh words that foreboded estrangement.

  2. To have a premonition of (a future misfortune).

v.   intr.
To prophesy or predict.
fore·bod'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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