bode

English

/bəʊd/, /boʊd/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
  • (intransitive) To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English boden inherited from Old English bodian (announce, foretell) inherited from Proto-Germanic *budōną (instruct, proclaim, lere, teach, announce) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (be awake, wake, rise up, aware, perceive fully, make aware, awake, be aware, comprehend, observe, fully perceive, keep watch, be wake) inherited from Middle English bod inherited from Old English bod (a bidding) inherited from Proto-Germanic *budą (message, offer, precept, command, a bidding) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (be awake, wake, rise up, aware, perceive fully, make aware, awake, be aware, comprehend, observe, fully perceive, keep watch, be wake).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰewdʰ-

Gloss

be awake, wake, rise up, aware, perceive fully, make aware, awake, be aware, comprehend, observe, fully perceive, keep watch, be wake

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Property

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