To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
simple past tense of bide
To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future.
A stop; a halting; delay.
An omen; a foreshadowing.
A herald; a messenger.
To mean, signify; to get at, to aim or tend to a point.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, at.