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portendment

portendment noun: an omen.

Noun

portendment (plural portendments)

  1. (archaic) An omen.
    • The prophets of God were to these idolatrous Israelites, like comets; who were never seen, without the portendment of a mischief.1808, Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt, Works: Contemplations on the Old and New Testaments, page 75

Forms of portendment

pluralportendments

Origin of portendment

From portend + -ment.

Questions about portendment

What does portendment mean?
Portendment means an omen.
What part of speech is portendment?
Portendment is a noun.
What is the plural of portendment?
The plural of portendment is portendments.

Words near portendment in the dictionary

  1. portended
  2. portender
  3. portenders
  4. portendeth
  5. portending
  6. portendment
  7. portendments
  8. Portendorfer
  9. portends
  10. portension
  11. portensions

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