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forebode

fore·bode [ fawr bṓd ] (past and past participle fore·bod·ed, present participle fore·bod·ing, 3rd person present singular fore·bodes)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. portend or predict: to be or give an advance warning of something that may happen, especially something undesirable
The gathering clouds foreboded a terrible storm.

2. have premonition: to have a feeling that something bad is going to happen before it does


fore·bod·er noun
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