forbode
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The oppressive pressure, Raffles noted, “seemed to forbode an earthquake.”
From Scientific American ● Mar. 1, 2013
The lyrics she has written in 1940 forbode Millay-things probably to come.
From Time Magazine Archive
But methinks, your style and sentiments are too well connected, too full of life and vigour, to give cause for so much despair as thy staggering pen seems to forbode.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Samuel Richardson
He wouldn't lie down, and when he did, it was with a grump of protest that seemed to forbode failure.
From Melchior's Dream and Other Tales by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
Shakespeare looked surprised; but he forbode remark; and soon after this conversation retired to his own lodging.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
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