Definition of "bode" []

• To be an omen of: heavy seas that boded trouble for small craft. (verb-transitive)
• Archaic To predict; foretell. (verb-transitive)
• To be an omen; portend: The peace accord bodes well for the city under siege. (verb-intransitive)
• A past tense of bide. (verb)

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• "Still, the close calls bode well for Blyleven and Alomar in the future."
• "Planetary and moon formation seems to follow a rule called bode's law which has each planet roughly twice as far out as the previous one, though there is still controversy about this."
• "[349] Abode is an old English word signifying omen or prognostic, -- from "bode," to portend."