English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
portend + -ment
portendment (plural portendments)
- (archaic) An omen.
1808, Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt, Works: Contemplations on the Old and New Testaments, page 75:The prophets of God were to these idolatrous Israelites, like comets; who were never seen, without the portendment of a mischief.