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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Omen  \O"men\,  n.  [L.  omen,  the  original  form  being  osmen, 
  according  to  Varro.] 
  An  occurrence  supposed  to  portend,  or  show  the  character  of 
  some  future  event;  any  indication  or  action  regarded  as  a 
  foreshowing;  a  foreboding;  a  presage;  an  augury. 
 
  Bid  go  with  evil  omen,  and  the  brand  Of  infamy  upon  my 
  name  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Omen  \O"men\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Omened};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Omening}.] 
  To  divine  or  to  foreshow  by  signs  or  portents;  to  have  omens 
  or  premonitions  regarding;  to  predict;  to  augur;  as  to  omen 
  ill  of  an  enterprise. 
 
  The  yet  unknown  verdict,  of  which  however,  all  omened 
  the  tragical  contents.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  omen 
  n  :  a  sign  of  something  about  to  happen;  "he  looked  for  an  omen 
  before  going  into  battle"  [syn:  {portent},  {presage},  {prognostic}] 
  v  :  indicate  by  signs;  "These  signs  bode  bad  news"  [syn:  {bode}, 
  {portend},  {auspicate},  {prognosticate},  {presage},  {betoken}, 
  {foreshadow},  {augur},  {foretell},  {prefigure},  {forecast}, 
  {predict}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  OMEN,  n.  A  sign  that  something  will  happen  if  nothing  happens.




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