Synonyms for bode

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bohd

Phonetic Transcription : boʊd

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Définition of bode

Origin : Old English bodian "proclaim, announce; foretell," from boda "messenger," probably from Proto-Germanic *budon- (cf. Old Saxon gibod, German gebot, Old Norse boð), from PIE *bheudh- "be aware, make aware" (see bid (v.)). As a shortened form of forebode (usually evil), it dates from 1740. Related: Boded; boding.

verb to foreshadow

Example sentences :

Heyst was aware that this visit could bode nothing pleasant.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

Bode does not name Lessing; calls him a well-known German scholar.
Extract from : « Laurence Sterne in Germany » by Harvey Waterman Thayer

It seems that Bode purchased this volume at Lessings auction in Hamburg.
Extract from : « Laurence Sterne in Germany » by Harvey Waterman Thayer

God send ye the warld you bode, and that's neither scant nor want.
Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop

“Those voices at this time of the evening bode no good,” she said to herself.
Extract from : « The Heir of Kilfinnan » by W.H.G. Kingston

Bode, of Berlin, observed in 1781, that this star was missing.
Extract from : « Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson

Maria too watched the guests in a silence that seemed to bode evil.
Extract from : « The Mission of Janice Day » by Helen Beecher Long

I'll tell him Mrs. Fosdick done give me her word she wasn't on bode.
Extract from : « Excuse Me! » by Rupert Hughes

She threw a glance at Arrelsford which bode ill for that young man.
Extract from : « Secret Service » by Cyrus Townsend Brady

You are right—it does not become me to bode evil to my own child, nor to her bridegroom.
Extract from : « The Days of My Life » by Mrs. Oliphant

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