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Portend

//pɔɹˈtɛnd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To serve as a warning or omen of. transitive

    "A kingdom they portend thee, but what kingdom, / Real or allegoric, I discern not; Nor when: eternal sure--as without end,"

  2. 2
    indicate, as with a sign or an omen wordnet
  3. 3
    To signify; to denote. transitive

    "Let it be known that the Rapture portends the End of Days."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portendere (“to foretell”), from por- (“forward”) + tendere (“to stretch”).

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