portend
I
verb
adumbrate, announce, augur, augurate, auspicate, be an omen, be harbinger, betoken, bode, caution, divine, forebode, forecast, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, give token, herald, indicate, indicate beforehand, menace, notify, omen, ominate, portendere, precurse, predict, prefigurate, prefigure, preindicate, premonish, premonstrate, presage, preshow, presignify, prognosticate, prophesy, put on guard, show promise, significare, signify, threaten, vaticinate, warn
II
index
anticipate (prognosticate), forewarn, indicate, predict, presage, prognosticate, promise (raise expectations), threaten
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006