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OMENS
Noun
omens
plural of omen
Verb
omens
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of omen
Anagrams
• 'mones, Mones, Semon, meson, mones, nomes, semon, somen
Source: Wiktionary
OMEN
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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