omen

The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia · p. 10

t. & i. [OMEN, 8.] A. Trans.: To prognosticate, to portend; to foresee or foretell from omens; to presage, to divine, to predict. "Vespas i an, thus being bespattered with dirt, Was omened to be Rome's emperor for it." Swift: A Vindication of the Libel. B. In trans.: To give an omen or augury; to portend, to betoken.