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▪ I. † misˈbode, n. Obs. [Representing OE. *misbod, corresp. to misbéodan misbede: cf. bode n.2] Wrong, offence.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 79 He..þe ne þoleð and forebereð noht a misbode. c1205Lay. 11095 Al Rome he fordude þurh his muchele misbode. 1613R. Cawdrey Table Alph., Misbode, wrong. [Hence in later Dicts.] ▪ II. misˈbode, v. rare—1. [mis-1 1.] trans. To forebode (something evil).
1626in Cosins' Corr. (Surtees) i. 89 My only desire to be with you..is to knowe what you must not or dare not write, for I misbode some great matter. So misˈboding vbl. n. and ppl. a.
a1659Bp. Brownrig Serm. (1674) I. ii. 33 [He] forbids four sorts of Characters to be set upon a Signet, as misboding Characters. 1739G. Lillo Arden of Feversham v, Her misboding sorrow for his absence Has almost made her frantic. 1819Lingard Hist. Eng. II. xii. 69 With a misboding heart he obeyed the summons. 1825Ibid. VI. iv. 239 The misbodings of fanaticism. |