misbode

present singular third person misbodes · participle present misboding · participle past misboded · past misboded

1. To sense or foreshadow impending disaster.

   My only desire to be with you, if possibly I could, is to knowe what you must not or dare not write, for I misbode some greate matter.

   1869, George Ornsby, The Correspondence of John Cosin, D.D.

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   So, on the other hand, when the Day of Grace is set, 'tis easy to imagine how much that Conscience' that now misbodes and condemns us, will be filled with greater and intolerable Despair ;

   1722, Richard Lucas, Sermons on several occasions and subjects - Volume 1, page 287

2. To foreshadow the future incorrectly.

   This was similar to the Rambam's comment that the prophets would be misboded when they would want to attain prophecy, suggesting a link between davening and the prophetic state.

   1983, Aryeh Kaplan, The Aryeh Kaplan Reader: The Gift He Left Behind, →ISBN