portend
verb (used with object)
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does.
is portending
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present progressiveof portend (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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If a woman gives birth to a child with six toes on the right foot, some disaster is portending.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
If a woman gives birth to a child with the right nostril lacking, misfortune is portending.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
