PORTEND
portend
Verb
- to serve as a warning or omen
- A kingdom they portend thee, but what kingdom, / Real or allegoric, I discern not; Nor when: eternal sure--as without end, - , Paradise Lost
- to signify; to denote
- Let it be known that the Rapture portends the End of Days.
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