Look up: portent

1. Portent
   The USS Portent was an American Auk Class minesweeper of 890 tons displacement launched and lost during the Second World War. The USS Portent was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 18 knots and carried a complement of 105. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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2. portent
   omen marvelous threatening 
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3. Portent
   Por·tent' noun [ Latin portentum . See Portend .] That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign. Shak. « My loss by dire portents the god foretold.» Dryden.
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4. Portent
   • (n.) That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign.
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5. portent
   portent 1. Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate event; omen. 2. A portending; a significance.
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