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Forebode

Fōre-bōde', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. FOREBODED; p. pr. & vb. n. FOREBODING.]

  1. To foretell; to prognosticate.
  2. To be prescient of, as of some misfortune or trial; to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is to happen; to augur despondingly.

My heart forebodes I ne'er shall see you more. Dryden. Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of Cæsar's death. Middleton. Syn.—To foretell; predict; prognosticate; augur; presage; portend; betoken.

Fōre-bōde’, n.

noun

n. Prophecy; prognostication; presage. [Obs.] Goodwin.