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presage

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Presage  \Pre*sage"\,  v.  i. 
  To  form  or  utter  a  prediction;  --  sometimes  used  with  of 
  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Presage  \Pre"sage\,  n.  [F.  pr['e]sage,  L.  praesagium  from 
  praesagire  See  {Presage},  v.  t.  ] 
  1.  Something  which  foreshows  or  portends  a  future  event;  a 
  prognostic;  an  omen;  an  augury.  ``Joy  and  shout  --  presage 
  of  victory.''  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Power  to  look  the  future,  or  the  exercise  of  that  power; 
  foreknowledge;  presentiment. 
 
  If  there  be  aught  of  presage  in  the  mind.  --Milton. 
 
  Syn:  Prognostic;  omen;  token;  sign;  presentiment. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Presage  \Pre*sage"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Presaged}  (-s[=a]jd"); 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Presaging}.  ]  [F.  pr['e]sager,  L. 
  praesagire:  prae  before  +  sagire  to  perceive  acutely  or 
  sharply.  See  {Sagacious}.] 
  1.  To  have  a  presentiment  of  to  feel  beforehand;  to 
  foreknow. 
 
  2.  To  foretell;  to  predict;  to  foreshow;  to  indicate. 
 
  My  dreams  presage  some  joyful  news  at  hand.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  presage 
  n  1:  a  foreboding  about  what  is  about  to  happen 
  2:  a  sign  of  something  about  to  happen;  "he  looked  for  an  omen 
  before  going  into  battle"  [syn:  {omen},  {portent},  {prognostic}] 
  v  :  indicate  by  signs;  "These  signs  bode  bad  news"  [syn:  {bode}, 
  {portend},  {auspicate},  {prognosticate},  {omen},  {betoken}, 
  {foreshadow},  {augur},  {foretell},  {prefigure},  {forecast}, 
  {predict}]




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