Meanings
verbpreport (third-person singular simple present preports, present participle preporting, simple past and past participle preported)
present singular third person preports · participle present preporting · participle past preported · past preported
- To presage; forebode.
Pyraustæ gaúdes gaudium: your inconstant joy preports annoy.
1891, “preport, v.”, in William Dwight Whitney, editor, The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 4697, column 1
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