presignify

American  

[pree-sig-nuh-fahy] / priˈsɪg nəˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

presignified, presignifying

1. to signify or indicate beforehand; foretell.

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presignify British  

/ priːˈsɪɡnɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. (tr) to signify beforehand; foreshadow; foretell

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Etymology

Origin of presignify

1580–90;. < Latin praesignificāre to show beforehand. See pre-, signify

Example Sentences

But a bright destiny was yet in reserve for Quodlibet; and as I propose to unfold some incidents of its history belonging to these later times, I cannot pretermit the opportunity now afforded me to glance, though in a perfunctory and hasty fashion, at some striking events which seemed to presignify and illustrate its marvelously sudden growth.

From Project Gutenberg

Presignify, prē-sig′ni-fī, v.t. to signify beforehand.—n.

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Associated words: sylvan, sylviculture, nemophilist, nemophily, nemoral, afforest, afforestation, Silenus, hamadryad, glade, reforestize, reforestation, reboise, reafforest, forestry, forester, disboscation, disforest disforestation, hag, assart, camass, cruise, cruiser. forestall, v. anticipate; preoccupy, monopolize. foretell, v. predict, prophesy, prognosticate, augur, presage, portend, forebode, bode, divine, foreshadow, presignify. foreteller, a.

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Antonyms: native, indigene, citizen. foreign word, plant, or custom. exoticism, exotic. foreknowledge, n. prescience. foremilk, n. colostrum. foreordain, v. preordain, predestinate, foredoom, predetermine. foreordination, n. predestination, predetermination. forerun, v. precede, herald. forerunner, n. precursor, harbinger, herald, avant-courier. foreshadow, v. presage, presignify, prognosticate, prefigure, augur. foresight, n. prescience, foreknowledge, prudence. foreskin, n. prepuce.

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