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portend

[pawr-tend, pohr-] / pɔrˈtɛnd, poʊr- /


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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

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

These late eclipses in the sun and moon Portend no good to us.

From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 by Herbert, Henry William

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)




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