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portend, predict, presage, prognosticate
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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portend — I verb adumbrate, announce, augur, augurate, auspicate, be an omen, be harbinger, betoken, bode, caution, divine, forebode, forecast, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, give token, herald, indicate, indicate beforehand, menace,… … Law dictionary
presage — I verb adumbrate, advise, announce in advance, anticipate, augur, augurari, augurate, auspicate, betoken, bode, divine, envision, forebode, forecast, foreknow, foresee, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, have a presentiment,… … Law dictionary
presignify — /pree sig neuh fuy /, v.t., presignified, presignifying. to signify or indicate beforehand; foretell. [1580 90;. < L praesignificare to show beforehand. See PRE , SIGNIFY] * * * … Universalium
predesignated — adj. designated in advance, specified beforehand, indicated in advancev. indicate beforehand, specify in advance, designate in advance … English contemporary dictionary
predict — I verb adumbrate, advise, announce in advance, anticipate, augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, divine, envision, forebode, forecast, foreknow, foresee, foreshadow, foreshow, forespeak, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, give notice, herald, indicate,… … Law dictionary
prognosticate — I verb advise, augur, augurate, auspicate, betoken, bode, conjecture, counsel, divine, forebode, forecast, foresee, foresee the future, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, herald, indicate beforehand, indicate in advance, look ahead to,… … Law dictionary
foreshadow — /fɔˈʃædoʊ / (say faw shadoh) verb (t) 1. to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: *The security experts say the Spanish virus – which could be altered easily to attack the millions of pagers and cell phones being used worldwide – foreshadows… …
portend — /pɔˈtɛnd / (say paw tend) verb (t) 1. to indicate beforehand, or presage, as an omen does. 2. Obsolete to signify; mean. {Middle English, from Latin portendere point out, indicate, portend} …
announce — verb (announced; announcing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French annuncier, from Latin annuntiare, from ad + nuntiare to report, from nuntius messenger Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to make known publicly ; … New Collegiate Dictionary
forebode — foreboder, n. /fawr bohd , fohr /, v., foreboded, foreboding. v.t. 1. to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend: clouds that forebode a storm. 2. to have a strong inner feeling or notion of (a future misfortune, evil,… … Universalium
