Bode

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·p.p. Bid or bidden.

II. Bode ·vt A messenger; a herald.

III. Bode ·noun An omen; a foreshadowing.

IV. Bode ·noun A stop; a halting; delay.

V. Bode ·noun A bid; an Offer.

VI. Bode ·Impf & ·p.p. Abode.

VII. Bode ·vi To foreshow something; to Augur.

VIII. Bode ·vt To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to Foreshow.