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bode (BOHD) (verb), bodes; boded; boding
1. To foreshadow; to predict or to foretell; to presage by signs or by omens; to portend: It is believed by some that a red sunset will bode good weather for sailors; such as, "red sky at night, sailor's delight".
The new trial evidence will bode ill for the lawyer's case because it proves that his defendant is guilty.
2. Etymology: from Old English bodian, "to announce, to tell."
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