BODE, verb transitive To portend; to foreshow; to presage; to indicate something future by signs; to be the omen of; most generally applied to things; as, our vices bode evil to the country. BODE, verb intransitive To foreshow; to presage. This bodes well to you. BODE, noun An omen. 1. A stop.
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