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o⋅men

  [oh-muhn]
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–noun
1. anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
2. a prognostic.
3. prophetic significance; presage: a bird of ill omen.
–verb (used with object)
4. to be an omen of; portend.
5. to divine, as if from omens.
Origin:
1575–85; < L ōmen

Synonyms:
1. augury, foreboding. See sign.
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o·men   (ō'mən)   
n.  

  1. A phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil; a prophetic sign.

  2. Prognostication; portent: birds of ill omen.

tr.v.   o·mened, o·men·ing, o·mens
To be a prophetic sign of; portend.

[Latin ōmen.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

omen 
1582, from L. omen "foreboding," from Old L. osmen, of unknown origin; perhaps connected with the root of audire "to hear."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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