0 something usually strange and remarkable that warns of some future happening -- petanda
strange signs and portents.
The portents for future publication are good, since we continue to receive a steady flow of good manuscripts.
The portents for the future, therefore, are continually improving.
Nobody could have predicted the portent of that arrest, but since then the names involved have become household ones.
If the understanding is still weaker, he hits upon the grotesque - meaningful dreams, presentiments, and miraculous portents.
A staunch representative of the 'unreconstructed right wing', his death seemed a symbolic portent for the decision that was to follow.
It is also clear in the documents that this rebellion raised concern but did not induce panic or suggest a portent of worse to come.
This is the portent of a fine series of recordings.
Serious as they have been, they are surely a small portent of what lies ahead.
