portent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: portent	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for portent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
portent n a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" Synonym(s): omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Portent \Por*tent"\ (?; 277), n. [L. portentum. See {Portend}.] 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.