portend - vocabulary
To indicate in advance, especially by previous signs; to presage, foreshadow; to signify, mean.
“Rise in Cases of West Nile May Portend an Epidemic”
—Denise Grady New York Times Headline, July 26, 2007
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“Rise in Cases of West Nile May Portend an Epidemic”
—Denise Grady New York Times Headline, July 26, 2007
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