[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bode \bode\, n.
   1. an omen; a foreshadowing. obs.
      1913 webster

            the owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. a bid; an offer. obs. or dial. --sir w. scott
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bode \bode\, n. as. boda; akin to ofries. boda, as. bodo, ohg.
   boto. see bode, v. t.
   a messenger; a herald. --robertson.
   1913 webster
see also:
bode 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bode \bode\, n. see abide.
   a stop; a halting; delay. obs.
   1913 webster
see also:
abide 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bode \bode\, v. t. imp.  p. p. boded; p. pr.  vb. n.
   boding. oe. bodien, as. bodian to announce, tell from bod
   command; akin to icel. bo?a to announce, sw. bada to
   announce, portend. root89. see bid.
   to indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to
   portend to presage; to foreshow.
   1913 webster

         a raven that bodes nothing but mischief. --goldsmith.
   1913 webster

         good onset bodes good end.               --spenser.
   1913 webster
see also:
boded boding bid 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bode \bode\, imp.  p. p. from bide.
   abode.
   1913 webster

         there that night they bode.              --tennyson.
   1913 webster
see also:
bide 

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bode \bode\, v. i.
   to foreshow something; to augur.
   1913 webster

         whatever now
         the omen proved, it boded well to you.   --dryden.
   1913 webster

   syn: to forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken.
        1913 webster

[7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bode \bode\, p. p. of bid.
   bid or bidden. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
bid 

[8] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bode
     v : indicate by signs; "these signs bode bad news" syn: portend,
          auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken,
          foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast,
          predict
see also:
portend auspicate prognosticate omen presage betoken 
foreshadow augur foretell prefigure forecast 
predict 

[9] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 moby thesaurus words for "bode":
   apprehend, augur, betoken, croak, forebode, foreshadow, foreshow,
   foretoken, forewarn, have a premonition, have a presentiment,
   look black, lower, menace, omen, portend, preapprehend, presage,
   promise, threaten, warn

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

bode, ia city, fips 7210
  location: 42.86810 n, 94.28642 w
  population 1990: 335 168 housing units
  area: 1.1 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 50519

[11] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

bode, ia -- u.s. city in iowa
   population 2000:    327
   housing units 2000: 168
   land area 2000:     0.409980 sq. miles 1.061843 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.409980 sq. miles 1.061843 sq. km
   fips code:            07210
   located within:       iowa ia, fips 19
   location:             42.867146 n, 94.287910 w
   zip codes 1990:     50519
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    bode, ia
    bode

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