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Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread. He had a good ominous name to have made a peace. Bacon. In the heathen…

Capable of being omitted; that may be omitted.

The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty. The most natural division of all offenses is into those of omission and those of commission. Addison.

Leaving out; omitting. Bp. Hall. -- O*mis"sive*ly, adv.

To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop. These personal comparisons I omit. Bacon.

The act of omitting, or the state of being omitted; forbearance; neglect. Shak.

One who omits. Fuller.

Of or pertaining to an ommateum.

A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans.

One of the single eyes forming the compound eyes of crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates.

A combining form denoting all, every, everywhere; as in omnipotent, all-powerful; omnipresent.

A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer or annealing arch, to protect them from drafts. Omnibus bill, a legislative bill which provides for a number of miscellaneous enactments or appropriations. [Parliamentary Cant, U.S.] -- Omnibus box, a large box in a theater, on a level with the stage and having communication wi…

Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance. [R.] Cudworth.

That which is all-pervading or all-comprehensive; hence, the Deity. [R.] Omniety formed nullity into an essence. Sir T. Browne.

Of all varieties, forms, or kinds. "Omnifarious learning." Coleridge.

All-bearing; producing all kinds.

All-creating. "The omnific word." Milton.

Having every form or shape. Berkeley.

The condition or quality of having every form. Dr. H. More.

To render universal; to enlarge. [R.] Omnify the disputed point into a transcendent, and you may defy the opponent to lay hold of it. Coleridge.