Fore*bode" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foreboded; p. pr. & vb. n. Foreboding.] [AS. forebodian; fore + bodian to announce. See Bode v. t.] 1. To foretell.

2. To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly.

His heart forebodes a mystery.

Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of Cæsar's death.

I have a sort of foreboding about him.

Syn. -- To foretell; predict; prognosticate; augur; presage; portend; betoken.

Fore*bode", v. i. To foretell; to presage; to augur.

If I forebode aright.

Fore*bode", n. Prognostication; presage. [Obs.]

• To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device.)