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pres·age

Audio Help [n. pres-ij; v. pres-ij, pri-seyj] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -aged, -ag·ing.

–noun

1.	a presentiment or foreboding.

2.	something that portends or foreshadows a future event; an omen, prognostic, or warning indication.

3.	prophetic significance; augury.

4.	foresight; prescience.

5.	Archaic. a forecast or prediction.

–verb (used with object)

6.	to have a presentiment of.

7.	to portend, foreshow, or foreshadow: The incidents may presage war.

8.	to forecast; predict.

–verb (used without object)

9.	to make a prediction.

10.	Archaic. to have a presentiment.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME (n.) < MF presage < L praesāgium presentiment, forewarning, equiv. to praesāg(us) having a foreboding (prae- pre- + sāgus prophetic; cf. sagacious) + -ium -ium

]

—Related forms

pres·age·ful, adjective

pres·age·ful·ly, adverb

pres·ag·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. foreshadowing, indication, premonition. 2. portent, sign, token.

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pres·age Audio Help (prěs'ĭj) Pronunciation Key
n.

An indication or warning of a future occurrence; an omen.
A feeling or intuition of what is going to occur; a presentiment.
Prophetic significance or meaning.
Archaic A prediction.

v. (prĭ-sāj', prěs'ĭj) pre·saged, pre·sag·ing, pre·sag·es

v. tr.

To indicate or warn of in advance; portend.
To have a presentiment of.
To foretell or predict.

v. intr.
To make or utter a prediction.

[Middle English, from Latin praesāgium, from praesāgīre, to perceive beforehand : prae-, pre- + sāgīre, to perceive; see sāg- in Indo-European roots.]

pre·sage'ful (prĭ-sāj'fəl) adj.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
presage

1390 (n.) "something that portends," from L. præsagium "a foreboding," from præsagire "to perceive beforehand, forebode," from præsagus "foreboding," from præ- "before" + sagus "prophetic," related to sagire "perceive" (see sagacious). The verb is first attested 1562, from M.Fr. présager (16c.), from présage "omen," from L. præsagium.

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presage
noun
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]
verb
1.	indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"

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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.

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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.

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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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