What does bode mean?
Bode means Of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to portend..
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/bəʊd/ · verb
Of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to portend..
But in the thought and ſcope of my opinion, / This bodes ſome ſtrange eruption to the ſtate.
O heauen; O earth, beare vvitness to this ſound, / And crovvne vvhat I profeſſe vvith kinde euent / If I ſpeake true: If hollovvly inuert / VVhat beſt is boaded me, to miſchiefe: I, / Beyond all limit of vvhat elſe i'th vvorld, / Do loue, prize, honor you.
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.
Augur accurſt! denouncing Miſchief ſtill, / Prophet of Plagues, for ever boding Ill!
Forgive my Impatience: But my preſaging Mind bodes horrid Miſchiefs!
There are croakers in every country, always boding its ruin.
Thou bodedst thence, long erst, the Church's fall,— / Allowing but the span of human life, / Till that should come, which would be little joy / To those who should behold her desolate.
Use bode when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bode means Of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to portend..
Common synonyms include betoken, augur, presage, anticipate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But in the thought and ſcope of my opinion, / This bodes ſome ſtrange eruption to the ſtate.
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