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1. (v.t.) portend
to indicate in advance, as an omen does; foreshadow or presage.
2. portend
to signify; mean.
Etymology: (1400–50; < L portendere=por- forth, forward +
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1. (verb) bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
indicate by signs
"These signs bode bad news"
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1. (verb) portend
to indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of unpropitious signs
2. (verb) portend
to stretch out before
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