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What does "bode" mean?

Bode: An omen; a foreshadowing. [Obs.] The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth. Chaucer.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A bid; an offer. [Obs. or Dial.] Sir W. Scott
  2. 3.A messenger; a herald. Robertson.
  3. 4.A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.]
  4. 5.Abode. There that night they bode. Tennyson.
  5. 6.of Bid. Bid or bidden. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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