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 show one’s intentions with a sign etc.; to indicate, announce.
To mean; to betoken.
To make a difference; to matter (in negative or interrogative expressions).
To create a sign out of something.
To give (something) a meaning or an importance.