bodgelt (boj)

[Another form of botch2.] A 4. To portend; augur; be an omen or indica- tion of; betoken: with a non-personal subject. botch; a patch. In the gro and scope of my opinion, This bodes some strange eruption to our state. Shak., Hamlet, i. 1. Shak ., Much Ado, ii. 3. Upon which he mounted, and his horse wept: and then he saw clearly how this should bode his death. De Quincey, tr. of Cretan Ballad. 5. To forebode or have a presentiment of (ill, or coming disaster). And my soul, dark-stirred with the prophet's mood, Bodes nothing good. J. S. Blackie , tr. of Æschylus, ii. 229. =Syn. 4. To augur, betoken, portend. Taking revenge on Thomas Nash, Gabriell Harvey taxes him with having forged "a mi hapen rabblement of absurd and ridiculous words, the proper bodges of his newfangled figure, called foolrisme. F. Hall, Mod. Eng., p. 110. bodge2+ (boj), v. i. [Appar. a var. of budge1 . ] To budge; give way: used only in the pa age cited. With this, we charg'd again but out, alas! We bodg'd again. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., i. 4. bodger1t (boj'ér), n. [ bodge + -erl ; var. of botcher1.] A botcher. bodger2 (boj'er), n . [Appar. a var. of badger3 , bodhisat (bo'di-sat), n. Same as bodhisattva . II. in trans. 1. To promise; portend: with q.v.] A peddler; a hawker. [Prov. Eng.] well or ill : as, this bodes well for your succe .- 2. To presage something evil; be of evil omen. I would croak like a raven; I would bode , I would bode . Shak., T. and C., v. 2. Fear for ages had boded and mowed and gibbered over government and property. Emerson , Compensation. bode2 (bōd), n . [ bode , bod , a command, an announcement, a bid, price offered, bod , usually gebod (or bebod ) (= OFries. bod = OS. gibod = D. gebod , a command, bod , a bid, offer, = OHG. gabot , MHG. G. gebot , bot = Icel. bodh = Sw. Dan. bud , a command, etc.), beó dan (pp. boden ), announce, command, bid: see IMG:content-2267.png:[blocks in formation] sence, poos ah, and among the Japanese bosatsu.