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portend
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Portend
(gcide) | Portend \Por*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Portending.] [L. portendre, portentum, to foretell,
to predict, to impend, from an old preposition used in comp.
+ tendere to stretch. See Position, Tend.]
1. To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to
foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of
unpropitious signs. --Bacon.
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Many signs portended a dark and stormy day.
--Macaulay.
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2. To stretch out before. [R.] "Doomed to feel the great
Idomeneus' portended steel." --Pope.
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Syn: To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; augur;
presage; foreshadow; threaten.
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portend
(wn) | portend
v 1: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn:
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen,
presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell,
prefigure, forecast, predict] |
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Portend
(gcide) | Portend \Por*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Portending.] [L. portendre, portentum, to foretell,
to predict, to impend, from an old preposition used in comp.
+ tendere to stretch. See Position, Tend.]
1. To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to
foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of
unpropitious signs. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
Many signs portended a dark and stormy day.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
2. To stretch out before. [R.] "Doomed to feel the great
Idomeneus' portended steel." --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; augur;
presage; foreshadow; threaten.
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Portended
(gcide) | Portend \Por*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Portending.] [L. portendre, portentum, to foretell,
to predict, to impend, from an old preposition used in comp.
+ tendere to stretch. See Position, Tend.]
1. To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to
foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of
unpropitious signs. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
Many signs portended a dark and stormy day.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
2. To stretch out before. [R.] "Doomed to feel the great
Idomeneus' portended steel." --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; augur;
presage; foreshadow; threaten.
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Portending
(gcide) | Portend \Por*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Portending.] [L. portendre, portentum, to foretell,
to predict, to impend, from an old preposition used in comp.
+ tendere to stretch. See Position, Tend.]
1. To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to
foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of
unpropitious signs. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
Many signs portended a dark and stormy day.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
2. To stretch out before. [R.] "Doomed to feel the great
Idomeneus' portended steel." --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; augur;
presage; foreshadow; threaten.
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