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Webster 1913 Edition

(?; 277)

Noun.

[L.

portentum

. See

That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign.

Shak.

My loss by dire

portents

the god foretold.

Dryden.

Noun.

[L. portentum.] An omen of ill; any previous sign or prodigy indicating the approach of evil or calamity.

My loss by dire portents the god foretold.