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].
clause. a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. an independant of main clause expresses a complete thought and can stand aloneas a sentance. A dependant or subordinate clause cannot stand alone as a sentance and must be accompanied by an independant clause.