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t. [imp. & p.
p. Omened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Omening.] To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents;
to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to
omen ill of an enterprise.

The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all
omened the tragical contents.

Sir W.
Scott.

O"mened (?), a. Attended by, or
containing, an omen or omens; as, happy-omened day.

O*men"tal (?), a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta.

O*men"tum (?), n.; pl.
Omenta (#). [L.] (Anat.) A free fold of
the peritoneum, or one serving to connect viscera, support blood
vessels, etc.; an epiploön.

&fist; The great, or gastrocolic, omentum
forms, in most mammals, a great sac, which is attached to the stomach
and transverse colon, is loaded with fat, and covers more or less of
the intestines; the caul. The lesser, or gastrohepatic,
omentum connects the stomach and liver and contains the
hepatic vessels.

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