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OMEN
omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy
(noun) a sign of something about to happen; “he looked for an omen before going into battle”
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen; “These signs bode bad news”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
omen (plural omens)
Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
A thing of prophetic significance.
Usage notes
• Adjectives often applied to "omen": good, ill, bad, auspicious, evil, favorable, happy, lucky.
Synonyms
• portent, sign, signal, token, forewarning, warning, danger sign, foreshadowing, prediction, forecast, prophecy, harbinger, augury, auspice, presage, straw in the wind, (hand)writing on the wall, indication, hint, foretoken; see also omen
Verb
omen (third-person singular simple present omens, present participle omening, simple past and past participle omened)
(transitive) To be an omen of.
(intransitive) To divine or predict from omens.
Synonyms
• prognosticate, betoken, forecast, foretell, portend, foreshadow, bode, augur, prefigure, predict, auspicate, presage
Anagrams
• Emon, Mone, NEMO, Nome, meno-, meon, mone, nemo, nome
Source: Wiktionary
O"men, n. Etym: [L. omen, the original form being osmen, according to Varro.]
Definition: An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury. Bid go with evil omen, and the brand Of infamy upon my name. Milton.
O"men, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Omened; p. pr. & vb. n. Omening.]
Definition: To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise. The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all omened the tragical contents. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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