portend
21portend — por·tend || pÉ”r tend /pÉ”Ë tend v. foretell, foreshadow (esp. a bad event); serve as a warning sign …
22portend — verb be a sign or warning that (something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen. Origin ME: from L. portendere, based on pro forth + tendere stretch …
23portend — v. a. Presage, forebode, foretoken, betoken, foreshow, foreshadow, augur, prognosticate, threaten, indicate, bode …
24portend — v forebode, foretoken, foreshadow, foreshow, omen, augur, presage, presignify, preindicate, promise; warn, forewarn, warn in advance; foretell, forecast, predict, prophesy, prognosticate, vaticinate, Obs. auspicate, Rare. premonish …
25portend — por·tend …
26portend — por•tend [[t]pɔrˈtɛnd, poʊr [/t]] v. t. 1) to indicate in advance, as an omen does; foreshadow or presage 2) to signify; mean • Etymology: 1400–50; < L portendere=por forth, forward +tendereto stretch …
27portend — v.t. bode, foreshadow; signify. ♦ portent, n. ♦ portentous, a …
28portend — Ōuli …
29portend — see TEND …
30portend — v.tr. 1 foreshadow as an omen. 2 give warning of. Etymology: ME f. L portendere portent f. por PRO (1) + tendere stretch …