Portend /(?)/

Por·tend

Portend

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Portended; p. pr. & vb. n. Portending

  1. To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of unpropitious signs.
    Many signs portended a dark and stormy day.
  2. To stretch out before. [R.]