Meaning of PORTENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'powrtent
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| | Definition: | | [n] a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" |
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| | Synonyms: | | omen, presage, prognostic, prognostication |
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| | See Also: | | augury, auspice, death knell, foreboding, foretoken, preindication, sign | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Por*tent"\ (?; 277), n. [L. portentum. See {Portend}.]
That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends
evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign. --Shak.
My loss by dire portents the god foretold. --Dryden.
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| | Related Terms: | | adumbration, advance notice, augury, auspice, balefulness, banefulness, betokening, betokenment, bodefulness, boding, direness, doomfulness, fatality, fatefulness, foreboding, foreshadow, foreshadowing, foreshowing, foretoken, foretokening, forewarning, indicant, indication, marvel, meaning, miracle, omen, ominousness, phenomenon, plenty of notice, portentousness, precautioning, prefiguration, preindication, premonition, premonitory shiver, premonitory sign, premonitory symptom, prenotice, prenotification, presage, presagefulness, presentiment, presignifying, prewarning, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication, promise, sensation, shadow, sign, significance, sinisterness, soothsay, stunner, suggestiveness, token, tokening, type |
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