Bode

v. t. [imp. & p. p. BODED; p. pr. & vb. n. BODING.] [A-S. bodian, to announce, tell, bod, command, order, edict, Icel. boða, to announce, Sw. båda, to announce, portend; A-S. boda, messenger, preacher, O. S. bodo, D. bode, Icel. boði, Sw. båd, O. H. Ger. boto, poto, N. H. Ger. bote, allied to A-S. beodan. See BID, v. t.] To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend; to presage; to foreshow. A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. Goldsmith. Good onset bodes good end. Spencer.