Bode v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boded; p. pr. & vb. n. Boding.] 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.
Bod·ing a. Foreshowing; presaging; ominous. -- Bod*ing*ly, adv.
Bod·ing, n. A prognostic; an omen; a foreboding.
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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]