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bode

verb
/bəʊd/UK/boʊd/US

Etymology

The verb is derived partly from the following: * From Middle English boden, bodian (“to be a sign or symbol, betoken, signify; to be an omen of a future event, forebode, foreshadow; to foretell, presage; to command, order; to deliver a message, proclaim, report; to preach”), from Old English bodian (“to announce, proclaim, tell; to foretell, prophesy; to preach; etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodōn (“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake; to be aware”). Doublet of bid (“to make an attempt; to make an offer”). * A back-formation from forebode. The noun is derived from Middle English bod (“foreboding, omen; message, report; command, edict; (Christianity) commandment; etc.”), from Old English bod (“command, edict, order”), from Proto-West Germanic *bod (“command, mandate, order”), from Proto-Germanic *budą (“message; offer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (see above).

  1. inherited from *bʰewdʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *budą✻ — “message; offer”
  3. inherited from *bod✻ — “command, mandate, order”
  4. inherited from bod — “command, edict, order”
  5. inherited from bod — “foreboding, omen; message, report; command, edict; (Christianity) commandment; etc.”
  6. inherited from *bʰewdʰ-✻ — “to be awake; to be aware”
  7. inherited from *budōną✻ — “to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”
  8. inherited from *bodōn✻ — “to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”
  9. inherited from bodian — “to announce, proclaim, tell; to foretell, prophesy; to preach; etc.”
  10. inherited from boden

Definitions

  1. Of a thing

    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.
    • But so much haste bodes / Right little speed, and— […]

  2. To declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs

    To declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs; to foretell, to predict; specifically, to predict (something undesirable); to forebode.

    • 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.

  3. Often followed by ill or well

    Often followed by ill or well: of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of something.

    • VVhat ever novv / The Omen prove, it boded vvell to you.
    • "Vile wretch!" the angry chief replied, / "Thou ever bodest ill; / If I had but thee in my power, / Thy heart's blood I would spill."
    • The period and policy of Julian are returning. Some think this bodes ill for the Church; no, it is the State that will suffer.
  4. ›+ 14 more definitions

    1. A feeling that something is going to happen

      A feeling that something is going to happen; a premonition, a presentiment.

    2. An indication, an omen, a sign.

      • Ovr Poet […] deſires that yee / VVould not diſtaſte his Muſe, becauſe of late / Tranſplanted, vvhich vvould grovv here, if no fate / Have an unlucky bode […]

    3. A message

      A message; also, news, tidings.

      • Thorough counsel I shall you answer, / What bode ye shall to your lord bear.

    4. An offer to pay a certain amount of money for something

      An offer to pay a certain amount of money for something; a bid.

      • Na, na, Captain; ye're ower young and ower free o' your siller [silver]—ye should never tak a fish-wife's first bode; […]

    5. To make a bid or offer for (something)

      To make a bid or offer for (something); to bid, to offer.

      • 52. Bode good, and get it. / 53. Bode a Robe, and wear it; bode a Sack, and bear it. / Speak heartily, and expect Good, and it vvill fall out accordingly.

    6. A herald

      A herald; a messenger.

      • [T]he fame of the Duke's coming was sent abroad by the bodes or messengers, despatched to prepare the towns through which he was to pass for an arrival sooner than expected, […]

    7. An act of biding or waiting

      An act of biding or waiting; a wait; also, a delay.

      • [M]ake thou thy boade, / In reſolution to reuenge theſe vvronges, / VVith bloud of thouſands guiltleſſe of this rage, / Flie thou on them amaine: […]

    8. simple past of bide

    9. A surname.

    10. A male given name.

    11. A city in Iowa.

    12. A village in Nepal.

    13. A river in Germany, a tributary to the Saale

    14. A small river and tributary to the Wipper

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at bode. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01bode02forebode03misfortune04bad05unfavorable06unfavourable07ill-boding08bodes

A definitional loop anchored at bode. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at bode

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA