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

Did the aged Eli forbode that the awful event which should signal the fulfillment of prophetic woe against his family was about to befall?

From Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 by Whittelsey, Mrs. A. G.

His mother forbode to lecture, but judiciously turned the conversation.

From Big Game A Story for Girls by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

No, Gentlemen, you are natural judges of the difficulties which beset us, and they are doubtless greater than I can even fancy or forbode.

From The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by Newman, John Henry