portend \por-TEND\ verb *1 : to give an omen or anticipatory - TopicsExpress



          

portend \por-TEND\ verb *1 : to give an omen or anticipatory sign of 2 : indicate, signify Did you know? Portend has been used in English in the context of signs of things to come since the 15th century. The word derives from the Latin verb portendere, which means to predict or foretell. That verb, in turn, developed as a combination of the prefix por- (meaning forward) and the verb tendere (meaning to stretch). So you can think of portend as having a literal meaning of stretching forward to predict.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 23:17:08 +0000

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