Forebode

5 definitions found

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

  Forebode \Fore*bode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foreboded}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Foreboding}.] [AS. forebodian; fore + bodian to
     announce. See {Bode} v. t.]
     1. To foretell.
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     2. To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an
        inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to
        happen; to augur despondingly.
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              His heart forebodes a mystery.        --Tennyson.
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              Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars
              and desolation, as the certain consequence of
              C[ae]sar's death.                     --Middleton.
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              I have a sort of foreboding about him. --H. James.
  
     Syn: To foretell; predict; prognosticate; augur; presage;
          portend; betoken.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forebode \Fore*bode"\, v. i.
     To foretell; to presage; to augur.
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           If I forebode aright.                    --Hawthorne.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forebode \Fore*bode"\, n.
     Prognostication; presage. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  forebode
       v : make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome
           of an election" [syn: {predict}, {foretell}, {prognosticate},
            {call}, {anticipate}, {promise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "forebode":
     apprehend, be imminent, betoken, bludgeon, bode, bulldoze,
     cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, comminate, croak, denounce,
     divine, dope, dope out, dowse for water, forecast, foresee,
     foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, fortune-tell,
     give advance notice, guess, hariolate, have a premonition,
     have a presentiment, intimidate, look black, look threatening,
     lower, make a prediction, make a prognosis, make a prophecy,
     menace, omen, portend, preapprehend, precaution, predict,
     prefigure, premonish, prenotify, presage, prewarn, prognosticate,
     promise, prophesy, read palms, read tea leaves, read the future,
     soothsay, speculate, tell fortunes, tell in advance,
     tell the future, threaten, utter threats against, vaticinate,
     warn