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forebode

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOREBODE

v.t. 1. To foretell; to prognosticate.
2. To foreknow; to be prescient of; to feel a secret sense of something future; as, my heart forebodes a sad reverse.

 

FOREBODEMENT

n.A presaging; presagement.

 

FOREBODER

n. 1. One who forebodes; a prognosticator; a soothsayer.
2. A foreknower.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FOREBODE

Fore *bode ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foreboded; p. pr. & vb. n.Foreboding. ] Etym: [AS. forebodian; fore + bodian to announce. See Bode v. t.]

 

1. To foretell.

 

2. To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune ); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly. His heart forebodes a mystery. Tennyson. Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of Cæsar 's death. Middleton. I have a sort of foreboding about him. H. James.

 

Syn. -- To foretell; predict; prognosticate; augur; presage; portend; betoken.

 

FOREBODE

FOREBODE Fore *bode ", v. i.

 

Defn: To fortell; to presage; to augur. If I forebode aright. Hawthorne.

 

FOREBODE

FOREBODE Fore *bode ", n.

 

Defn: Prognostication; presage. [Obs. ]

 

FOREBODEMENT

FOREBODEMENT Fore *bode "ment, n.

 

Defn: The act of foreboding; the thing foreboded.

 

FOREBODER

FOREBODER Fore *bod "er, n.

 

Defn: One who forebodes.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

forebode

fore bode |fôrˈbōd fɔrˈboʊd | verb [ with obj. ] archaic or literary (of a situation or occurrence ) act as a warning of (something bad ): this lull foreboded some new assault upon him. have a presentiment of (something bad ): I foreboded mischief the moment I heard.

 

Oxford Dictionary

forebode

fore |bode |fɔːˈbəʊd | verb [ with obj. ] archaic (of a situation or occurrence ) act as an advance warning of (something bad ): this lull foreboded some new assault upon him. have a presentiment of (something bad ): I foreboded mischief the moment I heard.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

forebode

forebode verb literary the scarlet sky forebodes the visitation of mischief: presage, augur, portend, herald, warn of, forewarn of, foreshadow, be an omen of, indicate, signify, signal, promise, threaten, spell, denote; literary betoken, foretoken.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

forebode

forebode verb literary this lull foreboded some new assault upon him: presage, augur, portend, prognosticate, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, forecast, predict, prophesy, forewarn, warn of, be a warning of, herald, be an omen of, be a harbinger of; signify, mean, indicate, add up to, point to, announce, promise; informal spell; literary foretoken, betoken, harbinger; rare prefigure.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

forebode

fore b de 動詞 他動詞 かたく 1 …の前兆となる .2 …を予感する ; that節 〗…という予感がする .