Usually means: Omens indicating future events; forewarnings.
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  1. portents: Merriam-Webster
  2. portents: Collins English Dictionary
  3. portents: Vocabulary.com
  4. Portents, portents: Wordnik
  5. portents: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. portents: Wiktionary
  7. portents: Dictionary.com
  8. Portents: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. portents: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. portents: Legal dictionary

(Note: See portent as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (portent)

noun:  Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.
noun:  A portending; significance
noun:  Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.
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