English Dictionary: boding | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bode \Bode\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boding}.] [OE. bodien, AS. bodian to announce, tell from bod command; akin to Icel. bo[?]a to announce, Sw. b[86]da to announce, portend. [root]89. See {Bid}.] To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow. A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. --Goldsmith. Good onset bodes good end. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boding \Bod"ing\ (b[omac]d"[icr]ng), a. Foreshowing; presaging; ominous. -- {Bod"ing*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boding \Bod"ing\, n. A prognostic; an omen; a foreboding. |