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portend
[portend 词源字典]
portend:
see
tend
[portend etymology, portend origin, 英语词源]
portend (v.)
early 15c., from Latin
portendere
"foretell, reveal; point out, indicate," originally "to stretch forward," from
por-
(variant of
pro-
; see
pro-
) "forth, forward" +
tendere
"to stretch, extend" (see
tenet
). Related:
Portended
;
portending
.