Rhymes: -ɛnd portend (third-person singular simple present portends, present participle portending, simple past and past participle portended) (transitive)...
From portend + -er. portender (plural portenders) One who or that which portends. Synonyms: harbinger, omen, sign...
From portend + -ment. portendment (plural portendments) (archaic) An omen. 1808, Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt, Works: Contemplations on the Old and New Testaments...