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.

From Project Gutenberg