bode(v = verb.communication) augur, auspicate, betoken, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
is one way to bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow. [1913 Webster]
"A raven that bodes nothing but mischief." [1913 Webster]
"Good onset bodes good end." [1913 Webster]
To foreshow something; to augur. [1913 Webster]
"Whatever now
The omen proved, it boded well to you." [1913 Webster]
1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [1913 Webster]
"The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth." [1913 Webster]
2. A bid; an offer. Sir W. Scott [1913 Webster]
A messenger; a herald. Robertson. [1913 Webster]
A stop; a halting; delay. [1913 Webster]
Abode. [1913 Webster]
"There that night they bode." [1913 Webster]
Bid or bidden. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
bode, v.
1 tr. portend, foreshow.
2 tr. foresee, foretell (evil).
Idiom:
bode well (or ill) show good (or bad) signs for the future.
Derivative:
boding n.
Etymology:
OE bodian f. boda messenger
VB predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, advise, forewarn, presage, augur, bode, abode, forebode, foretoken, betoken, prefigure, preshow, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to, usher in, herald, premise, announce, lower, hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope, bid fair, promise, lead one to expect, be the precursor, extrapolate, project.