Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Middle English foreboden, from Old English forebodian, equivalent to fore- + bode.
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| forbode | alternative | lexicographic |
From Middle English foreboden, from Old English forebodian, equivalent to fore- + bode.
There can be, if I forebode aright, no power, short of the Divine mercy, to disclose, whether by uttered words, or by type or emblem, the secrets that may be buried with a human heart.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of Caesar's death.1741, Conyers Middleton, Life of Cicero:
Walter was disturbed by a low rap at the door. It was so indistinct and hesitating, that, at first, he thought himself mistaken; a second summons, however, led him to rise and open to his visitor. It was the very person that he foreboded—Mr. Curl.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXI, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 160:
Here sits he shaping wings to fly: / His heart forebodes a mystery: / He names the name Eternity.1833–1834 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “The Two Voices”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 135:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| foreboding | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| forebodes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| forbode | alternative | lexicographic | |
| foreboded | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| foreboded | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
unforeboded · foreboder · forebodement
foretell (to portend or foretell) · portend (to portend or foretell) · predict (to portend or foretell)
bg вещая (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)) · la polliceor (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)) · la portendō (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)) · cmn 預示 /预示 (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)) · it presagire (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)) · de voraussehen (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)) · sv varsko (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)) · la praesāgīo (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)) · sv varsla (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)) · ru предвеща́ть (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)) · es presagiar (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)) · it vaticinare (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)) · sv förebåda (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)) · no varsle (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)) · de ahnen (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)) · grc μαντεύομαι (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device))