presage

[ noun pres-ij; verb pres-ij, pri-seyj ]

/ noun ˈprɛs ɪdʒ; verb ˈprɛs ɪdʒ, prɪˈseɪdʒ /

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noun

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.

verb (used with object), pres·aged, pres·ag·ing.

to have a presentiment of.

to portend, foreshow, or foreshadow: The incidents may presage war.

to forecast; predict.

verb (used without object), pres·aged, pres·ag·ing.

to make a prediction.

Archaic. to have a presentiment.

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Origin of presage

1350–1400; Middle English (noun) < Middle French presage < Latin praesāgium presentiment, forewarning, equivalent to praesāg(us) having a foreboding (prae- pre- + sāgus prophetic; cf. sagacious) + -ium -ium

SYNONYMS FOR presage

1 foreshadowing, indication, premonition.

2 portent, sign, token.

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OTHER WORDS FROM presage

pres·age·ful, adjectivepres·age·ful·ly, adverbpres·ag·er, nounun·pres·aged, adjective

un·pres·ag·ing, adjective

Words nearby presage

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From quotes Clinton a lot, and he credits Clinton with saying that an intellectual resurgence has to presage political power.
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But I recall nothing in Possession, Angels & Insects, Babel Tower, or her other books that seems to presage this one.
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It passes only at night, and it is thought to presage some disaster to those who see it.
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In their eyes it was blood, and a presage of dreadful slaughter.
Robin Tremayne|Emily Sarah Holt

At Oundle "There is a Well that is credibly reported to drum as a presage of very great alterations to publick affairs."
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It was the exception to manners then prevalent, and the presage of manners to come long afterward.
Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870|Various
But your face to-night is like a presage of calamity, like the dull, livid sky that goes before a thunderstorm.'
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British Dictionary definitions for presage

presage

noun (ˈprɛsɪdʒ)

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

verb (ˈprɛsɪdʒ, prɪˈseɪdʒ)

(tr) to have a presentiment of

(tr) to give a forewarning of; portend

(intr) to make a prediction

Derived forms of presage

presageful, adjectivepresagefully, adverbpresager, noun

Word Origin for presage

C14: from Latin praesāgium presentiment, from praesāgīre to perceive beforehand, from sāgīre to perceive acutely

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presage

noun

verb (used with object), pres·aged, pres·ag·ing.

verb (used without object), pres·aged, pres·ag·ing.

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noun (ˈprɛsɪdʒ)

verb (ˈprɛsɪdʒ, prɪˈseɪdʒ)

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