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omen


noun

  1. anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
  2. a prognostic.
  3. prophetic significance; presage: a bird of ill omen.

verb (used with object)

  1. to be an omen of; portend.
  2. to divine, as if from omens.

noun

  1. a phenomenon or occurrence regarded as a sign of future happiness or disaster
  2. prophetic significance

verb

  1. (tr) to portend

n.1580s, from Latin omen “foreboding,” from Old Latin osmen, of unknown origin; perhaps connected with the root of audire “to hear” [OED] or from PIE *o- “to believe, hold as true” (cf. Greek oiomai “I suppose, think, believe”).

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