omen: Meaning and Definition of
o•men
Pronunciation: (ō'mun), [key] — n.
- anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- a prognostic.
- prophetic significance; presage: a bird of ill omen.
—v.t. - to be an omen of; portend.
- to divine, as if from omens.
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