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verb (used with object)
1.
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
2.
to signify; mean.
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Portended
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
portend
early 15c., from L. portendere "foretell," originally "to stretch forward," from por- (variant of pro-) "forth, forward" + tendere "to stretch, extend" (see tenet).
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