Definition of presage Presage
/pɹɛˈsɪʤ/ - [presij] - pres•age
We found 13 definitions of presage from 5 different sources.
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What does presage mean?
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NounPlural: presages |
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| presage - a foreboding about what is about to happen | ||
| presage - a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" | ||
| omen, portent, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy | ||
| augury, foretoken, preindication, sign an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God" | ||
| auspice a favorable omen | ||
| foreboding an unfavorable omen | ||
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- presage (Noun)
A warning of a future event; an omen. - presage (Noun)
An intuition of a future event; a presentiment. - presage (Verb)
To predict or foretell something. - presage (Verb)
To make a prediction.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- presage (v. t.)
Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury. - presage (v. t.)
Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment. - presage (v. t.)
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow. - presage (v. t.)
To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate. - presage (v. i.)
To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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presage
prēs′āj, n. something that gives warning of a future event: a foreboding: a presentiment.—v.t. Prēsage′, to forebode: to warn of something to come: to predict.—v.i. to have a presentiment of.—adj. Presage′ful.—ns. Presage′ment, the act of presaging: that which is presaged: prediction; Presag′er. [Fr. présage—L. præsagium—præsagīre—præ, before, sagīre, to perceive quickly.]
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