bode
Meaning
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- To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
- To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəʊd/
Etymology
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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bide
- To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
- To face with resistance; to encounter; to withstand.
- To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
- To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
- To wait for; to await.
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