forebode

Definition

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

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "There can be, if I forebode aright, no power, short of the Divine mercy, to disclose, whether by uttered words, or by type or emblem, the secrets that may be buried with a human heart."
• "Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of Caesar's death."
• "Here sits he shaping wings to fly: / His heart forebodes a mystery: / He names the name Eternity."