Bible Dictionaries
Portend

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; - now used esp. of unpropitious signs.

(2):

(v. t.) To stretch out before.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Portend'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/portend.html. 1828.