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Definition of presentiment - 3 dictionary results

pre⋅sen⋅ti⋅ment

  [pri-zen-tuh-muhnt]
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–noun
a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, esp. something evil; foreboding.
Origin:
1705–15; < F, now obs. spelling of pressentiment. See pre-, sentiment

Related forms:
pre⋅sen⋅ti⋅ment⋅al, adjective
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pre·sen·ti·ment   (prĭ-zěn'tə-mənt)   
n.  A sense that something is about to occur; a premonition.

[Obsolete French, from presentir, to feel beforehand, from Latin praesentīre : prae-, pre- + sentīre, to feel; see sent- in Indo-European roots.]
pre·sen'ti·men'tal (-měn'tl) adj.
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Word Origin & History

presentiment 
1714, from Fr. presentiment, from M.Fr. pressentir "to have foreboding," from L. præsentire "to sense beforehand," from præ "before" + sentire "perceive, feel" (see sentient).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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