presage
a presentiment or foreboding.
something that portends or foreshadows a future event; an omen, prognostic, or warning indication.
prophetic significance; augury.
foresight; prescience.
Archaic. a forecast or prediction.
to have a presentiment of.
to portend, foreshow, or foreshadow: The incidents may presage war.
to forecast; predict.
to make a prediction.
Archaic. to have a presentiment.
Origin of presage
1Other words for presage
1 | foreshadowing, indication, premonition |
2 | portent, sign, token |
Other words from presage
- pres·age·ful, adjective
- pres·age·ful·ly, adverb
- pres·ag·er, noun
- un·pres·aged, adjective
- un·pres·ag·ing, adjective
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How to use presage in a sentence
Then in 1938 the mounting crisis presaging war in Europe burst over the airwaves into American homes.
When Mars Attacked 75 Years Ago—And Everyone Believed It | Marc Wortman | October 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen Obama won Iowa in 2008, or Wisconsin, it felt like a presaging of November, like the candidate was riding a tailwind.
Michael Tomasky: No Rest for Romney After a Win in the Michigan Primary | Michael Tomasky | February 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSeals that haunted on that coast have been known to speak to man in his own tongue, presaging great disasters.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonNay, we are all waiting to be born, our whole nature looking to another world, and dimly presaging what that world shall be.
Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 2 (of 3) | Theodore Parkerpresage′ment, the act of presaging: that which is presaged: prediction; Presag′er.
He was moving now toward sound, heavy, increasing, presaging a realm of jarred air and ringing ear-drums.
The Long Roll | Mary JohnstonThick clouds closed in with a driving rain and a high raw wind, presaging the end of summer.
Through the Mackenzie Basin | Charles Mair
British Dictionary definitions for presage
an intimation or warning of something about to happen; portent; omen
a sense of what is about to happen; foreboding
archaic a forecast or prediction
(tr) to have a presentiment of
(tr) to give a forewarning of; portend
(intr) to make a prediction
Origin of presage
1Derived forms of presage
- presageful, adjective
- presagefully, adverb
- presager, noun
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