The Only Use of
portend
in
Wuthering Heights
- I did remark, to be sure, that mounting the stairs made her breathe very quick; that the least sudden noise set her all in a quiver, and that she coughed troublesomely sometimes: but I knew nothing of what these symptoms portended, and had no impulse to sympathise with her.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
indicate by signs that something is going to happen -- especially something bad