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Look up: omen

  1. Omen
    A sign or event signifying a future event.
    Found on http://www.wiccancountess.com/wiccandict

  2. Omen
    A sign that foretells events.
    Found on http://www.psychics.co.uk/define/

  3. Omen
    A sign that foretells events.
    Found on http://www.mdani.demon.co.uk/para/paragl

  4. omen
    [n] - a sign of something about to happen
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. omen
    In ancient Greek and Roman religions, signs supposed to indicate good or bad fortune, for example the appearance of snakes or the flight of birds. Omens were interpreted by priests and priestesses. ...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  6. Omen
    O'men noun [ Latin omen , the original form being osmen , according to Varro.] An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury. « Bid go with evil omen , and the brand Of infamy upon my name.» Milton.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/18

  7. Omen
    O'men transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Omened ; present participle & verbal noun Omening .] To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise. « The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all omened the tragica ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/18

  8. omen
    portent noun a sign of something about to happen; `he looked for an omen before going into battle`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Omen
    An `omen`, or `portent`, is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. Interpretation of omens and prophetic signs is a form of divination. Omens may be considered `good` or `bad`, but the term is more often used in a foreboding sense, as with the word `ominous`.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omen

  10. Omen
    • (n.) An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury. • (v. t.) To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise.Omen: words ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. omen
    observed phenomenon that is interpreted as signifying good or bad fortune. In ancient times omens were numerous and varied and included, for ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/17

  12. omen
    omen (s), omens (pl) 1. Anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; a portent. 2. A prognostic or foreboding. 3. A prophetic significance; presage: 'He saw a bird of ill omen or an unfavorable sign of what was about to happen.'
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  13. omen
    omen, sign or augury believed to foreshadow the future. Almost any occurrence can be interpreted as an omen. The typical omen was a natural phenomenon, such as a meteor, an eclipse, or the flight of birds. Among the Greeks and Romans the interpretation of omens was a major part of religious life and...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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