Boding

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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[*a]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.


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           A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. --Goldsmith.
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           Good onset bodes good end.               --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Boding \Bod"ing\ (b[=o]d"[i^]ng), a.
     Foreshowing; presaging; ominous. -- {Bod"ing*ly}, adv.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Boding \Bod"ing\, n.
     A prognostic; an omen; a foreboding.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  boding
       n : a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of
           foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the
           judge would dismiss the case" [syn: {foreboding}, {premonition},
            {presentiment}]