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portendverb formal + literaryto be a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happenThe distant thunder portended a storm. If you're superstitious, a black cat portends trouble. bode, forebode(also forbode), promiseaugur, call, forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, read, vaticinatealert, caution, forewarn, warnanticipate, divine, foreknow, foreseeannounce, declare, herald, proclaim describe, narrate, recite, recount, relate, report, tell in the 15th century |