Portend

v. t.	1.	To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; - now used esp. of unpropitious signs. [imp. & p. p. Portended; p. pr. & vb. n. Portending.] Many signs portended a dark and stormy day. - Macaulay.
	2.	To stretch out before.

Verb

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portend - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" Synonyms: augur, auspicate, bode, foreshadow, omen, presage, prognosticate, predict, prefigure, betoken, forecast, foretell

adumbrate, apprehend, augur, betoken, bode, call, croak, forebode, forecast, foreshow, foretoken, forewarn, give advance notice, have a premonition, have a presentiment, look black, lower, menace, omen, preapprehend, precaution, predict, premonish, prenotify, prewarn, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, tell in advance, threaten, vaticinate, warn

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