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preport

preport verb: to presage; forebode.

Verb

preport (third-person singular simple present preports, present participle preporting, simple past and past participle preported)

  1. To presage; forebode.
    • Pyraustæ gaúdes gaudium: your inconstant joy preports annoy.1891, “preport, v.”, in William Dwight Whitney, editor, The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 4697...

Forms of preport

third-person singular presentpreports
present participlepreporting
past participlepreported
pastpreported

Questions about preport

What does preport mean?
Preport means to presage; forebode.
What part of speech is preport?
Preport is a verb.
What is the past tense of preport?
The past tense of preport is preported.

Words near preport in the dictionary

  1. prepopulating
  2. prepopulation
  3. prepopulist
  4. prepore
  5. prepores
  6. preport
  7. preported
  8. preporting
  9. preportion
  10. preportioned
  11. preportioning

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