(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:08:26

Por*tent" [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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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