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portends
We have found lemma(root) word of portends : portend.
Definitions
[pɔːˈtɛnd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen
(e.g: the eclipses portend some major events)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Latin portendere, based on pro- ‘forth’ + tendere ‘stretch’
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