Hypertext Webster Gateway: "portent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
portent
n : a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen
before going into battle" [syn: {omen}, {presage}, {prognostic}]
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