Hypertext Webster Gateway: "omen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Omen \O"men\, n. [L. omen, the original form being osmen,
according to Varro.]
An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of,
some future event; any indication or action regarded as a
foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury.
Bid go with evil omen, and the brand Of infamy upon my
name. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Omen \O"men\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Omened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Omening}.]
To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens
or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen
ill of an enterprise.
The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all omened
the tragical contents. --Sir W.
Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
omen
n : a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen
before going into battle" [syn: {portent}, {presage}, {prognostic}]
v : indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode},
{portend}, {auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {presage}, {betoken},
{foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell}, {prefigure}, {forecast},
{predict}]
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