[bode] vt bod.ed ; bod.ing [ME, fr. OE bodian; akin to OE beodan to proclaim--more at bid] (bef. 12c) 1 archaic: to announce beforehand: foretell
2: to indicate by signs: presage "this controversy ... will ~ ill for both of us --A. H. Lowe"
[2]bode past of bide