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

He his beyonde goddes forbode, he wil neuer amende.

From A Merry Dialogue Declaringe the Properties of Shrowde Shrews and Honest Wives by Erasmus, Desiderius

The wretched woman was in despair; many of her neighbors had now returned and the prolonged absence of her Tunis seemed to forbode that he had either been killed or captured by the enemy.

From "Evacuation Day", 1783 Its Many Stirring Events: with recollections of Capt. John Van Arsdale by Riker, James

As night-time approaches, it is supposed that this invisible personage rides through the air with his yelping hounds; their weird sound being thought to forbode misfortune of some kind.

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger