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Webster 1913 Edition
Omen
O′men
,Noun.
[L.
omen
, the original form being osmen
, according to Varro.] An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury.
Bid go with evil
Of infamy upon my name.
omen
, and the brandOf infamy upon my name.
Milton.
O′men
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Omened
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Omening
.] To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur;
as, to
. omen
ill of an enterpriseThe yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all
omened
the tragical contents. Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Omen
O'MEN
,Noun.
A sign or indication of some future event; a prognostic. Superstition and ignorance multiply omens; philosophy and truth reject all omens, except such as may be called causes of the events. Without a miracle, how can one event be the omen of another with which it has no connection?