Verb

(en verb)

to serve as a warning or omen

* John Milton, Paradise Lost

A kingdom they portend thee, but what kingdom, / Real or allegoric, I discern not; Nor when: eternal sure--as without end,

to signify; to denote

Let it be known that the Rapture portends the End of Days.

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Verb

To have knowledge of beforehand.

*

God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew .

* 1652 , , The Fame and Confe??ion of the Fraternity of R: C: Commonly, of the Ro?ie Cro?s; with a Præface annexed thereto, and a ?hort Declaration of their Phy?icall Work'' (''London'', Printed by ''J. M.'' for ''Giles Calvert'', at the black ?pread Eagle at the We?t end of ''Pauls ), pages 1–2 of “The Epi?tle to the Wi?e and Under?tanding Reader”

Wi?dom…is to a man an infinite Trea?ure, for ?he is the Breath of the Power of God, and a pure Influence that floweth from the Glory of the Almighty; ?he is the Brightne?s of Eternal Light, and an undefiled Mirror of the Maje?ty of God, and an Image of his Goodne?s; ?he teacheth us Soberne?s and Prudence, Righteou?ne?s and Strength; ?he under?tands the Subtilty of words, and Solution of dark ?entences; ?he foreknoweth Signs and Wonders, and what ?hall happen in time to come.