forebode
[verb]
Synonyms: augur, betoken, bode, foreshadow, foreshow, foretoken, omen, portend, presage, promise

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forebode verb. [fɔ:'bǝʊd] E17.
[from FORE- + BODE verb¹.]
1. a. verb trans. Have a presentiment of (a thing, esp. something evil), that; anticipate. E17.
■ Pope My soul foreboded I should find the bower Of some fell monster.
b. verb intrans. Conjecture, forecast. E18.

2. verb trans. Betoken, portend. M17.

3. verb trans. Announce beforehand, predict. M17.
■ W. H. Dixon Old men foreboded evil days to come.

■ forebodement noun (rare) (a) foreboding M18.

■ foreboder noun a person who or thing which forbodes L17.

■ forebodingly adverb in a foreboding manner, predictively E19.

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