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Portent vs Preominate - What's the difference?

portent | preominate |

As a noun portent

is something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.

As a verb preominate is

(obsolete|rare) to feel foreboding about; to prophesy.

portent

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.
  • A portending; significance; as, a howl of dire portent.
  • Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.

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    * portend * portentous

    preominate

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    Verb

    (preominat)
  • (obsolete, rare) To feel foreboding about; to prophesy.
  • (obsolete, rare) To be a portent or omen of.
  • *1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , V.23:
  • *:Because many ravens were seen when Alexander entered Babylon, they were thought to preominate his death; and because an owl appeared before the battle, it presaged the ruin of Crassus.

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