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bode1
 
PRONUNCIATION:  bd
VERB:Inflected forms: bod·ed, bod·ing, bodes
TRANSITIVE VERB:1. To be an omen of: heavy seas that boded trouble for small craft. 2. Archaic To predict; foretell.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To be an omen; portend: The peace accord bodes well for the city under siege.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English boden, from Old English bodian, to announce. See bheudh- in Appendix I.
 
 
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