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Verb portend has 1 sense
- bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
--1 is one way to bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
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