portend

v : indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode},

{auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {omen}, {presage}, {betoken},

{foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell}, {prefigure}, {forecast},

{predict}]

porting

Translating software to run on a different computer and/or

{operating system}.

(1995-01-06)