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Pronunciation : O"men
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. omen, the original form being osmen, according to Varro.]
Definition : Defn: An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury. Bid go with evil omen, and the brand Of infamy upon my name. Milton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : O"men
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise. The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all omened the tragical contents. Sir W. Scott.

t. [imp. & p. p. Omened; p. pr. & vb. n. Omening.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913