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Definition of: portent
(pôr′tent, pōr′-) noun
1. Anything that portends what is to happen, especially a momentous or calamitous event.
2. The quality of portending; ominous significance.
3. A prodigy; marvel. [<L portentum <portendere. See PORTEND.]
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