n. a Buddhist, worthy of nirvana, who postpones it to help others.
n. See Bodick. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Abide. ] A stop; a halting; delay. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To foreshow something; to augur. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whatever now
The omen proved, it boded well to you. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
Good onset bodes good end. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG. boto. See Bode, v. t. ] A messenger; a herald. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]
imp. & p. p. from Bide. Abode. [ 1913 Webster ]
There that night they bode. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. p.
a. Portentous; ominous. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]