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Definition of presage - 2 dictionary results

pres⋅age

  [n. pres-ij; v. pres-ij, pri-seyj] noun, verb, -aged, -ag⋅ing.
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–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   (prěs'ĭj)   
n.  

  1. An indication or warning of a future occurrence; an omen.

  2. A feeling or intuition of what is going to occur; a presentiment.

  3. Prophetic significance or meaning.

  4. Archaic A prediction.

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

v.   tr.

  1. To indicate or warn of in advance; portend.

  2. To have a presentiment of.

  3. 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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