bode
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: The verb is derived partly from the following:
* From Middle English boden, bodian (“to be a sign or symbol, betoken, signify; to be an omen of a future event, forebode, foreshadow; to foretell, presage; to command, order; to deliver a message, proclaim, report; to preach”), from Old English bodian (“to announce, proclaim, tell; to foretell, prophesy; to preach; etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodōn (“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake; to be aware”). Doublet of bid (“to make an attempt; to make an offer”).
* A back-formation from forebode.
The noun is derived from Middle English bod (“foreboding, omen; message, report; command, edict; (Christianity) commandment; etc.”), from Old English bod (“command, edict, order”), from Proto-West Germanic *bod (“command, mandate, order”), from Proto-Germanic *budą (“message; offer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (see above).
Inflected forms:
form: bodes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: boding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: boded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: boded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: bode
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: bode
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: boded
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: bode
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: bodest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: boded
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: bodedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: bodes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bodeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: boded
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: bode
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: boded
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: bode
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: boded
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: bode
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: boding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: boded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bodes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to portend.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: But in the thought and ſcope of my opinion, / This bodes ſome ſtrange eruption to the ſtate.
O heauen; O earth, beare vvitness to this ſound, / And crovvne vvhat I profeſſe vvith kinde euent / If I ſpeake true: If hollovvly inuert / VVhat beſt is boaded me, to miſchiefe: I, / Beyond all limit of vvhat elſe i'th vvorld, / Do loue, prize, honor you.
But so much haste bodes / Right little speed, and— […]
It bodeth evil for Atlantis that I come back with my spirit sore to find Oltis stepping into the place of high priest.
gloss: To declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs; to foretell, to predict; specifically, to predict (something undesirable); to forebode.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
examples: Augur accurſt! denouncing Miſchief ſtill, / Prophet of Plagues, for ever boding Ill!
Forgive my Impatience: But my preſaging Mind bodes horrid Miſchiefs!
There are croakers in every country, always boding its ruin.
Thou bodedst thence, long erst, the Church's fall,— / Allowing but the span of human life, / Till that should come, which would be little joy / To those who should behold her desolate.
Therewith flew another crow over the ship and screeched. Therewith the bonder heedeth no longer the rowing, and the oar became loose in his hand. Then said the king: "Much thou bodest of that crow, bonder, or of what it saith." The bonder said: "Lord, now it misgiveth me thereof."
gloss: Often followed by ill or well: of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of something.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: VVhat ever novv / The Omen prove, it boded vvell to you.
"Vile wretch!" the angry chief replied, / "Thou ever bodest ill; / If I had but thee in my power, / Thy heart's blood I would spill."
The period and policy of Julian are returning. Some think this bodes ill for the Church; no, it is the State that will suffer.
Recent investment by Sellafield and DRS in new wagons and more environmentally friendly traction bodes well for the future of one of the UK's last remaining internal rail networks and for the dedicated team who operate and maintain it.
[S]he'd also received a backstage tour of a national magazine and star treatment from its publisher, all of which seemed to bode well for the future of her little column.
gloss: A feeling that something is going to happen; a premonition, a presentiment.
pos: noun
gloss: An indication, an omen, a sign.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: [A]t Myræ in Lycia, vvas the fountaine of Apollo Curius, vvhere the fiſhes being three times called vvith a Pipe, aſſembled themſelues, and if they deuoured the meats giuen them, it vvas interpreted a good bode and happie preſage: if they ſtrucke avvay the ſame vvith their tailes, it vvas direfull and dreadfull.
Ovr Poet […] deſires that yee / VVould not diſtaſte his Muſe, becauſe of late / Tranſplanted, vvhich vvould grovv here, if no fate / Have an unlucky bode […]
gloss: A message; also, news, tidings.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: I muſt tell you vvhat lovely Jeſus, fair Jeſus, King Jeſus hath done to my ſoul; ſometimes he ſendeth me out a ſtanding drink, and vvhiſpereth a vvord thorovv the vvall; and I am vvell content of kindneſs at the ſecond hand; his bode is ever vvelcome to me, be vvhat it vvill; […]
Thorough counsel I shall you answer, / What bode ye shall to your lord bear.
Derived words: abode
aboding
bodement
boden
boder
boding
Body
forbode
forebode
misbode
bodeful
bodeword
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