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bode1  audio  (bd) KEY 

VERB:
bod·ed, bod·ing, bodes
VERB:
tr.
  1. To be an omen of: heavy seas that boded trouble for small craft.
  2. Archaic To predict; foretell.
VERB:
intr.
To be an omen; portend: The peace accord bodes well for the city under siege.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English boden, from Old English bodian, to announce; see bheudh- in Indo-European roots


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