Omening

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An omen or harbinger.

    "5 July, 1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge letter to Mr. Poole However, as I am doing nothing, and in the prospect of doing nothing settled, I was afraid to give way to the omenings of my heart; and accordingly I accepted his proposal […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of omen form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"5 July, 1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge letter to Mr. Poole However, as I am doing nothing, and in the prospect of doing nothing settled, I was afraid to give way to the omenings of my heart; and accordingly I accepted his proposal […]"

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