"portension" meaning in English

See portension in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: portensions [plural]
Etymology: Compare portent. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} portension (countable and uncountable, plural portensions)
  1. The act of foreshowing; foreboding. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: portention
    Sense id: en-portension-en-noun-vf~7XzaK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Compare portent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "portensions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "the red Comets do carry the portensions of Mars",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of foreshowing; foreboding."
      ],
      "id": "en-portension-en-noun-vf~7XzaK",
      "links": [
        [
          "foreshow",
          "foreshow"
        ],
        [
          "foreboding",
          "foreboding"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "portention"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "portension"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Compare portent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "portensions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "~"
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      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
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          "ref": "1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "the red Comets do carry the portensions of Mars",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of foreshowing; foreboding."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "foreshow",
          "foreshow"
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          "foreboding"
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      ]
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "portention"
    }
  ],
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}

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