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PORTENT', n. [L. portentum.] An omen of ill; any previous sign or prodigy indica...
PORTEN'SION, n. The act of foreshowing. [Not in use.]
PORTEND'ING, ppr. Foreshowing.
PORTEND'ED, pp. Foreshown; previously indicated by signs.
PORTEND', v.t. [L. portendo; por; Eng. fore, and tendo, to stretch.] To foreshow...
PORTED, a. Having gates. [Not used.] 1. Borne in a certain or regular order.
PORTE, n. The Ottoman court, so called from the gate of the Sultan's palace wher...
PORTCUL'LISED, a. Having a portcullis.
PORTCUL'LIS, n. [L. clausus.] In fortification, an assemblage of timbers joined ...
PORTATIVE, a. Portable. [Not used.]
PORTASS, n. A breviary; a prayer book. [portuis, porthose.] [Not used.]
PORTANCE, n. Air; mien; carriage; port; demeanor.
PORTAL, n. In architecture, a little gate, where there are two gates of differen...
PORTAGE, n. The act of carrying. 1. The price of carriage. 2. A port-hole. [Unus...
PORTABLENESS, n. The quality of being portable.
PORTABLE, a. [L. porto, to carry.] 1. That may be carried by the hand or about t...