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presaging

 

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  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.




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