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presager

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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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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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