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portent |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Portent \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: portent n : a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" [syn: {omen}, {presage}, {prognostic}]
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