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Definition of Portent

Portent
Portent Por*tent" (?; 277), n. [L. portentum. See Portend.] That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign. --Shak. My loss by dire portents the god foretold. --Dryden.

Meaning of Portent from wikipedia

- Look up portent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Portent may refer to: Portent (divination), a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the ****ure,...
- USS Portent (AM-106) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in...
- An omen (also called portent) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the ****ure, often signifying the advent of change. It was commonly believed...
- The Portent is a comic book by Peter Bergting [sv], published by Image Comics. Bergting writes, draws and colors the comic himself. In a world set in...
- but Muffy fears that it may replace Bailey. 231a 6a "Prunella's Tent of Portent" Jessica Carleton Jeremy O'Neill May 31, 2017 (2017-05-31) After Marina...
- butterflies that the people were frightened—thinking the apparition to be a portent of coming evil. In the ancient Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan, the brilliantly...
- personally broke Nehru. (e) Ganguly, Sumit (1997), The Crisis in Kashmir: Portents of War, Hope of Peace, Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Cambridge University...
- the previous verse the magi had informed King Herod that they had seen portents showing the birth of the King of the Jews. In this verse he reacts to this...
- free dictionary. "The writing on the wall" is an idiom that suggests a portent of doom or misfortune, based on the story of Belshazzar's feast in the...
- Ophthalmol 23: 1255, 1940 Verhoeff FH. "Are Moore's lightning streaks of serious portent?" Am J Ophthalmol. 1956 May;41(5):837–40. PMID 13313677. v t e...