Before the WarEdit. Before he took over the Abwehr on 1 January 1935, the soon-to-be Admiral Canaris was warned by Patzig of attempts by Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich to take over all German intelligence organisations. Canaris, a master of backroom dealings, thought he knew how to deal with them.
Leader and belayer climbing in Joshua Tree National Park. A belayer is belaying behind a lead climber. Belaying refers to a variety of techniques climbers use to exert tension on a climbing rope so that a falling climber does not fall very far.
portend (third-person singular simple present portends, present participle portending, simple past and past participle portended) (transitive) To serve as a warning or omen. John Milton, Paradise Lost A kingdom they portend thee, but what kingdom, / Real or allegoric, I discern not; Nor when: eternal sure--as without end, (transitive) To signify; to denote.