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portent Noun 1. a sign of a future event 2. great or ominous significance: matters of great portent 3. a marvel [Latin portentum sign]
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portent Translations n portent [ˈpoːtent] something usually strange and remarkable that warns of some future happening strange signs and portents. waarskuwing نَذيرُ شُؤْم предзнаменование předzvěst, zlé znamení varsel das Vorzeichen οιωνός presagio, augurio enne شگون؛ یمن enne présage סִימָן לַבָּאוֹת अपशकुन, शकुन, चमत्कार koban znak (baljós) előjel firasat fyrirboði presagio 前兆 전조, 조짐 (pranašingas) ženklas (ļaunu vēstoša) zīme; pareģojums petanda voorteken (for)varsel, tegn znak, wróżba mau agouro prevestire предзнаменование predzvesť, zlé znamenie znamenje predznak förebud, varsel, järtecken ปาฏิหาริย์ belirti, alâmet 預兆,不祥之兆,徵兆 ознака, передвістя شگون، فال điềm báo 预兆,不祥之兆,征兆 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But at this very time two serpents appeared and destroyed Laocoon and one of his two sons, a portent which so alarmed the followers of Aeneas that they withdrew to Ida. Verily, all too well do I understand the dream's portent and monition: my DOCTRINE is in danger; tares want to be called wheat! In every Circular or Polygonal household it has been a habit from time immemorial -- and now has become a kind of instinct among the women of our higher classes -- that the mothers and daughters should constantly keep their eyes and mouths towards their husband and his male friends; and for a lady in a family of distinction to turn her back upon her husband would be regarded as a kind of portent, involving loss of STATUS. |
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