presage
Use Presage in a sentence
ɪdʒ; 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.
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verb (used without object)
9.
to make a prediction.
10.
Archaic. to have a presentiment.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (noun) < Middle French presage < Latin praesāgium presentiment, forewarning, equivalent to praesāg(us) having a foreboding (prae- pre- + sāgus prophetic; cf. sagacious) + -ium -ium
1350–1400; Middle English (noun) < Middle French presage < Latin praesāgium presentiment, forewarning, equivalent 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
un·pres·aged, adjective
un·pres·ag·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. foreshadowing, indication, premonition. 2. portent, sign, token.
1. foreshadowing, indication, premonition. 2. portent, sign, token.
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| presage | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an intimation or warning of something about to happen; portent; omen |
| 2. | a sense of what is about to happen; foreboding |
| 3. | archaic a forecast or prediction |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to have a presentiment of |
| 5. | (tr) to give a forewarning of; portend |
| 6. | (intr) to make a prediction |
| [C14: from Latin praesāgium presentiment, from praesāgīre to perceive beforehand, from sāgīre to perceive acutely] | |
| pre'sageful | |
| —adj | |
| pre'sagefully | |
| —adv | |
| pre'sager | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
They may also presage a new period of declining prices.
Some of the quiet types could presage devastating tsunamis or larger, ground-shaking shock.
Some of the quiet types could presage devastating tsunamis or larger, ground-shaking shocks.
The change in personnel-rarely a good sign-seemed to presage a change in strategy.
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