portend

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From the Latin portendere (to foretell), from por- (forward) + tendere (to stretch), present active infinitive of tendo.

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portend (third-person singular simple present portends, present participle portending, simple past and past participle portended)

  1. (transitive) to serve as a warning or omen
    A kingdom they portend thee, but what kingdom, / Real or allegoric, I discern not; Nor when: eternal sure--as without end, - John Milton, Paradise Lost
  2. (transitive) to signify; to denote
    Let it be known that the Rapture portends the End of Days.

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