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Verb: portend  por'tend
  1. Indicate by signs
    "These signs portend bad news"
    - bode, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken [archaic], foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

Derived forms: portended, portends, portending

See also: portent

Type of: bespeak, betoken [archaic], indicate, point, signal

Encyclopedia: Portend

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