characterized by or pertaining to emotion: the emotive and rational capacities of humankind. productive of or directed toward the emotions: Artistic distortion is often an emotive use of form.
portent. n. 1. a sign or indication of a future event, esp a momentous or calamitous one; omen. 2. momentous or ominous significance: a cry of dire portent. 3. a miraculous occurrence; marvel. [C16: from Latin portentum sign, omen, from portendere to portend].
Full Definition of STENT. : a short narrow metal or plastic tube often in the form of a mesh that is inserted into the lumen of an anatomical vessel (as an artery or a bile duct) especially to keep a previously blocked passageway open. See stent defined for English-language learners. ADVERTISEMENT.