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portension

portension noun: the act of foreshowing; foreboding.

Noun

portension (countable and uncountable, plural portensions)

  1. The act of foreshowing; foreboding.
    • the red Comets do carry the portensions of Mars1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Forms of portension

pluralportensions
alternative formportention

Origin of portension

Compare portent.

Questions about portension

What does portension mean?
Portension means the act of foreshowing; foreboding.
What part of speech is portension?
Portension is a noun.
What is the plural of portension?
The plural of portension is portensions.

Words near portension in the dictionary

  1. portending
  2. portendment
  3. portendments
  4. Portendorfer
  5. portends
  6. portension
  7. portensions
  8. portent
  9. portention
  10. portentions
  11. portentious

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