Premonish vs Portend - What's the difference?
premonish | portend | Related terms |
(obsolete) To warn of something in advance
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, passage=While other schools of a similar nature were petitioning for endowments, employing agents to solicit funds, and, failing to receive, were obliged to close their doors, she,
to serve as a warning or omen
* John Milton, Paradise Lost
to signify; to denote
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, title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe
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Premonish is a related term of portend.
As verbs the difference between premonish and portend
is that premonish is (obsolete) to warn of something in advance while portend is to serve as a warning or omen.premonish
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portend
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(en verb)- A kingdom they portend thee, but what kingdom, / Real or allegoric, I discern not; Nor when: eternal sure--as without end,
- Let it be known that the Rapture portends the End of Days.
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