bode
Meaning
bide
- (dialectal, transitive) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
- (archaic, transitive) To face with resistance; to encounter; to withstand.
- (archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
- (archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
- (archaic, transitive) To wait for; to await.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəʊd/
Etymology
In summary
Verb from Middle English boden, from Old English bodian (“announce, foretell”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodōn, from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to proclaim, announce, lere, instruct”). See bid. Noun from Middle English bod, from Old English bod, from Proto-Germanic *budą (“message, offer”). Since 1740 also a shortening of forebode.
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