bode

1. (ambitransitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.Examples: "O heaven, O earth, bear witness to this sound, And crown what I profess with kind event If I speak true; if hollowly invert What best is boded me to mischief: I, Beyond all limit of what else i' th' world, Do love, prize, honour you."Synonyms: portend, presage, foreshowambitransitive

2. (intransitive, followed by "well", "ill", "no good", etc.) To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future.Examples: "Whatever now / The omen prove, it boded well to you."; "Recent investment by Sellafield and DRS in new wagons and more environmentally friendly traction bodes well for the future of one of the UK's last remaining internal rail networks and for the dedicated team who operate and maintain it."intransitiveusually