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preports

preports is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preport.

Meaning of preport

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...

Questions about preports

What is preports the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Preports is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preport.

Words near preports in the dictionary

  1. preporting
  2. preportion
  3. preportioned
  4. preportioning
  5. preportions
  6. preports
  7. prepose
  8. preposed
  9. preposes
  10. preposing
  11. prepositi

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