different between portent vs preominate
portent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portend? (“I predict, I foretell”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??t?nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p??t?nt/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?po(?)?t?nt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?po?t?nt/
Noun
portent (plural portents)
- Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.
- A portending; significance
- Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:omen
Related terms
- portend
- portentous
Translations
References
Anagrams
- torpent
French
Pronunciation
Verb
portent
- third-person plural present indicative of porter
- third-person plural present subjunctive of porter
Latin
Verb
portent
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of port?
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preominate
English
Etymology
From pre +? ominate.
Verb
preominate (third-person singular simple present preominates, present participle preominating, simple past and past participle preominated)
- (obsolete, rare) To feel foreboding about; to prophesy.
- (obsolete, rare) To be a portent or omen of.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.23:
- Because many ravens were seen when Alexander entered Babylon, they were thought to preominate his death; and because an owl appeared before the battle, it presaged the ruin of Crassus.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.23:
Anagrams
- permeation
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