The Only Use of "portent" in "Othello, the Moor of Venice"

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The Only Use

portent
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
(Edited)

These are portents; but yet I hope, I hope, They do not point on me.
Scene 5.2

portents = signs of something about to happen

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(1) (portent)
a sign of something about to happen
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)