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misbode

misbode verb: to sense or foreshadow impending disaster.

Verb

misbode (third-person singular simple present misbodes, present participle misboding, simple past and past participle misboded)

  1. To sense or foreshadow impending disaster.
    • So, on the other hand, when the Day of Grace is set, 'tis easy to imagine how much that Conscience' that now misbodes and condemns us, will be filled with greater and intolerable Despair ;1722, Richard Lucas, Sermons on several occasions and subjects - Volume 1, page 287
    • My only desire to be with you, if possibly I could, is to knowe what you must not or dare not write, for I misbode some greate matter.1869, George Ornsby, The Correspondence of John Cosin, D.D.
  2. To foreshadow the future incorrectly.
    • This was similar to the Rambam's comment that the prophets would be misboded when they would want to attain prophecy, suggesting a link between davening and the prophetic state.1983, Aryeh Kaplan, The Aryeh Kaplan Reader: The Gift He Left Behind, →ISBN

Forms of misbode

third-person singular presentmisbodes
present participlemisboding
past participlemisboded
pastmisboded

Origin of misbode

From mis- + bode.

Questions about misbode

What does misbode mean?
Misbode means to sense or foreshadow impending disaster.
What part of speech is misbode?
Misbode is a verb.
What is the past tense of misbode?
The past tense of misbode is misboded.

Words near misbode in the dictionary

  1. misblow
  2. misblowing
  3. misblown
  4. misblows
  5. misboard
  6. misbode
  7. misboded
  8. misbodes
  9. misboding
  10. misbodings
  11. misbore

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