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51threaten — I verb admonish, augur, be near at hand, blackmail, bode, browbeat, coerce, comminari, comminate, forebode, foreshadow, forewarn, frighten, fulminate, hector, intimidate, menace, portend, presage, terrorize, use threats II index bait (harass),… …
52augur — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. foretell, prophesy; signify, presage. See prediction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. predict, forecast, prognosticate, presage; see anticipate 1 , foretell . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. prophet, seer …
53foreshadow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. prefigure, foretoken (see prediction). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. prefigure, presage, portend, imply; see foretell . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To give an indication of something in advance:… …
54Prediction — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Prediction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 prediction prediction announcement Sgm: N 1 program program programme &c.(plan) 626 Sgm: N 1 premonition premonition &c.(warning) 668 Sgm: N 1 prognosis prognosis …
55tend — English has two distinct words tend, but they come from the same ultimate source. Tend ‘look after’ [14] is short for attend, which goes back to Latin compound verb based on tendere ‘stretch’ – source of English tend ‘have an inclination’ [14].… …
56portent — 1560s, from M.Fr. portente, from L. portentum a sign, omen, from neut. of portentus, pp. of portendre (see PORTEND (Cf. portend)) …
57portentous — 1530s, from L. portentosus, from portentem (see PORTEND (Cf. portend)). Related: Portentously …
58augur — [ ɔ:gə] verb (augur well/badly/ill) portend a good or bad outcome. noun (in ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted natural signs so as to determine divine approval or disapproval of a proposed action. Derivatives augural ɔ:gjʊr(ə)l… …
59augur — I. n. Soothsayer, seer, prophet, fortuneteller. II. v. n. 1. Prophesy, conjecture, predict, guess. 2. Portend, prognosticate, give token. III. v. a. Portend, forebode, presage, foreshow, foreshadow, prognosticate, betoken, foretell, predict,… …
60bode — I [[t]boʊd[/t]] v. bod•ed, bod•ing 1) to be an omen of; portend: news that bodes evil[/ex] 2) archaic to foretell; predict 3) to portend: The promotion bodes well for his future[/ex] • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE bodian, der. of boda messenger… …
