portend

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin portendere (“to foretell”), from por- (“forward”) + tendere (“to stretch”).

1. To serve as a warning or omen of.

   “A kingdom they portend thee, but what kingdom, / Real or allegoric, I discern not; Nor when: eternal sure--as without end,”

2. To signify; to denote.

   “Let it be known that the Rapture portends the End of Days.”

   “How alive these poems are with the visual specifics of what he so closely observes, how full of elegance, terror and hope. They portend a poet of major craft, of deep feeling, and of fine intelligence.”