2. Verb. (third-person singular of omen) ¹
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Definition of Omens
1. omen [v] - See also: omen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Omens
Literary usage of Omens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge, Leonard William King (1908)
"omens derived from the condition of the ears of a sick man. [K. 4080 + Sm. 552.]
No. 4. omens derived from the events which take place in a city. ..."
2. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1901)
"A superstitious regard to omens seems anciently to have made very considerable
additions to the common load of human infelicity. ..."
3. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"The greater number of omens noted by the Bagobo as significant are ... A number
of conditions observable in natural phenomena are interpreted as omens. ..."
4. Social life of the Chinese: With Some Account of Their Religious by Justus Doolittle (1866)
"CHARMS AND omens. Charms or Amulets to expel or keep away evil Spirits and ...
Miscellaneous omens for Good or Evil: Magpie.—Crow.—Coming of a Dog. ..."
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