preport

English

Verb

preport (third-person singular simple present preports, present participle preporting, simple past and past participle preported)

1. To presage; forebode.
   • 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:

     Pyraustæ gaúdes gaudium: your inconstant joy preports annoy.