Boded

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊdɪd/

Definitions

1. To have indicated or foretold a specific outcome or event
2. To signify a particular fate or circumstance that is to come
3. To act as a warning or indication of something likely to happen

Etymology: The verb "bode" has a surprising cousin in "bid". Both descend from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to be aware," and both passed through Germanic into Old English, where "bodian" meant "to announce, proclaim, tell" and also "to foretell, prophesy" and even "to preach." The sense of announcing good or bad news in advance gradually narrowed to the omen-like meaning we use now, where something bodes well or ill. Old English also had a noun "boda," meaning herald or messenger, and it is a close relative of German "Bote," still meaning messenger. The verb is often said to have been formed by back-formation from "forebode," which is a sign that English speakers sensed a short form hidden inside the longer compound. Old English "bod" meant command or edict, showing how the same root spread into the ideas of offering, bargaining and commanding. "Bid" traces its own path through these meanings, which explains why the two words feel so alike.

Synonyms: foretold, predicted, augured, signaled, indicated

Antonyms: concealed, obscured, ignored, dismissed, repressed