Definitions
indicate, as with a sign or an omen
Word origin
The noun is derived from Middle English bod (“foreboding, omen; message, report; command, edict; (Christianity) commandment; etc.”), from Old English bod (“command, edict, order”), from Proto-West Germanic *bod (“command, mandate, order”), from Proto-Germanic *budą (“message; offer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (see above).
Used in a sentence
“But in the thought and ſcope of my opinion, / This bodes ſome ſtrange eruption to the ſtate.”
“But so much haste bodes / Right little speed, and— […]”
“It bodeth evil for Atlantis that I come back with my spirit sore to find Oltis stepping into the place of high priest.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Signal the future”4 letters
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