portend
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Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day, 5 First heard before the shallow cuckoo’s bill, Portend success in love.
From Minor Poems by Milton by Milton, John
No dreadnaughts now afloat, no submarines, No legions that may ever bivouac on Our shores, no Zeppelins disgorging fire Portend the dire disasters wrought upon Our nation's strength by Avarice and Lust.
From The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems by Noe, Cotton
Portend, por-tend′, v.t. to indicate the future by signs: to betoken: presage.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Portend indicates the likelihood that something will befall which is threatening or evil in its consequences.
From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)
Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day, First heard before the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend success in love.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
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Grade 11, List 2
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