Noah Webster
Portent
PORTENT', noun [Latin portentum.] An omen of ill; any previous sign or prodigy indicating the approach of evil or calamity.
My loss by dire portents the god foretold.
PORTENT', noun [Latin portentum.] An omen of ill; any previous sign or prodigy indicating the approach of evil or calamity.
My loss by dire portents the god foretold.