PORTEND, PORTENT, PORTENTOUS
ADJECTIVES
1820 ► ORACULAR of mysterious portent; ominous, portentous
1880 ► EERIEFUL weird, uncanny, foreboding evil, portentous → Sc.
NOUNS
..950 ► BEACON a sign, a portent → obs.
..971 ► TOKEN a sign or presage of something to come; an omen, portent, prodigy → obs.
1513 ► TOKENER one who or that which portends or prognosticates; a portent, an omen → obs.
1911 ► BODEWORD a portent; an ominous prediction regarding a person or family → Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
1667 ► OMINATE to serve as an omen, to portend → obs.
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