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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
bode
    v 1: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn:
         bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen,
         presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell,
         prefigure, forecast, predict]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bode \Bode\, n.
   1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [Obs.]
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            The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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   2. A bid; an offer. [Obs. or Dial.] --Sir W. Scott
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bode \Bode\, n. [AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG.
   boto. See Bode, v. t.]
   A messenger; a herald. --Robertson.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bode \Bode\, n. [See Abide.]
   A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.]
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bode \Bode\, imp. & p. p. from Bide.
   Abode.
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         There that night they bode.              --Tennyson.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bode \Bode\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boded; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Boding.] [OE. bodien, AS. bodian to announce, tell from bod
   command; akin to Icel. bo?a to announce, Sw. b[*a]da to
   announce, portend. [root]89. See Bid.]
   To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to
   portend to presage; to foreshow.
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         A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. --Goldsmith.
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         Good onset bodes good end.               --Spenser.
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7. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bode \Bode\, v. i.
   To foreshow something; to augur.
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         Whatever now
         The omen proved, it boded well to you.   --Dryden.
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   Syn: To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken.
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8. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bode \Bode\, p. p. of Bid.
   Bid or bidden. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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9. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Bode, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
   Population (2000):    327
   Housing Units (2000): 168
   Land area (2000):     0.409980 sq. miles (1.061843 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.409980 sq. miles (1.061843 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            07210
   Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
   Location:             42.867146 N, 94.287910 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     50519
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Bode, IA
    Bode


Thesaurus Results for Bode:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
apprehend, augur, betoken, croak, forebode, foreshadow, foreshow, foretoken, forewarn, have a premonition, have a presentiment, look black, lower, menace, omen, portend, preapprehend, presage, promise, threaten, warn
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