This the diviners declared to portend revolt and rebellion, for that the subjects would no longer give ear to the commands of their superiors.
When falling on the places of benefic planets or those well aspected in the horoscope, the eclipse will portend good arising out of some catastrophe or bereavement.
But when falling on the places of the malefics, or on places in the horoscope that are badly aspected by the planets at birth, they portend nothing but evil.
The Earl of Gloster says:— “These late eclipses in the Sun and Moon portend no good to us.
Again, for many days a comet star had been seen in Rome and was said to portendnothing favorable.
And a mule brought forth young, an occurrence which had been previously interpreted as destined to portend the possession of authority by him.
To dream of being bitten by a snake is thought to portend success in a love affair.
The ministers too rejoiced exceedingly, making certain of the king's triumph; for prosperous events happening at the very commencement of an enterprise portend its final success.
Then Agnidatta said in astonishment to Gunasarman, "You are all-knowing, but these moles of hers portend good fortune to us.
Two currents of clouds always portend rain, and, in summer, thunder.
If clouds form high in the air, in thin white trains like locks of wool, theyportend wind, and probably rain.
The act of sitting after prayer was said to portend that such as were good would obtain a solid and lasting fulfilment of their prayers.
It is stated that once, because a woman pleaded her own cause in the Forum, the Senate sent to ask the oracle what this strange event might portend for the state.
And the golden day appeared, dispelling dreams, and still the abominations were silent, and the King's prophets answered not to portend the omen of the dream.
These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us.
They persisted in employing these arts of chicanery and cavil with such perseverance, that the negotiation proved abortive, the conferences broke up, and every thing seemed to portend approaching hostilities.
These late eclipses in the sun and moon Portendno good to us.
It was already fast growing dark, and the natural obscurity of the hour was increased by the thickness of the lowering clouds, which overspread the whole firmament of heaven, and seemed to portend a tempest.
The irregular motion of the planets was supposed to portend some disaster to mankind.
It is a common notion in Scotland that magpies flying near the windows of a house portend a speedy death to one of its inmates.
Thou waitest late, and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near his end.
The Peruvians have always believed the comet to portend the death of their kings, and the destruction of their provinces and kingdoms.
What these figures signify, and what they portend I cannot tell, and the Abipones themselves are no better informed on the subject.
For young persons to dream that they are being cheated in games, portend they will lose their sweethearts through quarrels and misunderstandings.
Kaleidoscopes working before you in a dream, portend swift changes with little of favorable promise in them.
It is an unlucky omen for the church clock to strike during the performance of a marriage ceremony, as it is said to portend the death of one of the contracting parties before the year is out.
By the Koravas the birth of a child with the cord round its neck is believed to portend the death of the father or maternal uncle.
The sight of two snakes coiled round each other in sexual congress is considered to portend some great evil.
The Face is almost continually flushed and red: though sometimes there is a Degree of Paleness and an Air of Astonishment, at the Beginning of the Disease, which portendno little Danger.
The Southsayer bad him to be of good chere, for that it did portend the great fauour and loue which Iupiter bare vnto him.
Then" quod Tarquinius, "I haue deuised that thou shalte pare thine owne skin with a raser: therfore take thys knyfe and doe as thy byrdes doe portend and signifie.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "portend" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
