# forebode

> English word · Verb · IPA /fɔːˈbəʊd/

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

## Etymology
From Middle English foreboden, from Old English forebodian, equivalent to fore- + bode.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/forebode