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 predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration).
To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach.
To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet.