portend
verb (used with object)
Origin of portend
Synonyms for portend
Related Words for portend
predict, augur, foretell, presage, bespeak, harbinger, omen, hint, read, prophesy, betoken, adumbrate, forecast, herald, forebode, call, promise, prognosticate, threaten, forewarnExamples from the Web for portend
Contemporary Examples of portend
Could the retirement of Rep. Tom Latham, a close friend, portend the exit of Speaker John Boehner as well?
A look at the most bizarre metrics used to portend the winner of the presidential election.
Well, the polls have started to come, and they portend total disaster.
The even bigger question, of course, is whether unity will portend not peace but war?
Historical Examples of portend
It was one of those mornings in summer which portend a thunderstorm and great heat.
The ChristianHall Caine
What could it portend but that the effects of the poison were passing off and that she was recovering?
The Shame of MotleyRaphael Sabatini
Atlee watched her, by no means certain what her gesture might portend.
Lord KilgobbinCharles Lever
A plan was devised to find out what this extravagance of candle might portend.
Gilian The DreamerNeil Munro
What did it portend that Mrs. Stannard should have cut Mr. Gleason dead?
Marion's Faith.Charles King