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presage

[ noun pres-ij; verb pres-ij, pri-seyj ]

noun

  1. a presentiment or foreboding.

    Synonyms: premonition, indication

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

    Synonyms: token, sign, portent

  3. prophetic significance; augury.
  4. foresight; prescience.
  5. Archaic. a forecast or prediction.


verb (used with object)

, pres·aged, pres·ag·ing.
  1. to have a presentiment of.
  2. to portend, foreshow, or foreshadow:

    The incidents may presage war.

  3. to forecast; predict.

verb (used without object)

, pres·aged, pres·ag·ing.
  1. to make a prediction.
  2. Archaic. to have a presentiment.

presage

noun

  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to have a presentiment of
  2. tr to give a forewarning of; portend
  3. intr to make a prediction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • preˈsageful, adjective
  • preˈsagefully, adverb
  • preˈsager, noun
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Other Words From

  • presage·ful adjective
  • presage·ful·ly adverb
  • presag·er noun
  • un·presaged adjective
  • un·presag·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of presage1

1350–1400; Middle English (noun) < Middle French presage < Latin praesāgium presentiment, forewarning, equivalent to praesāg ( us ) having a foreboding ( prae- pre- + sāgus prophetic; sagacious ) + -ium -ium
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Word History and Origins

Origin of presage1

C14: from Latin praesāgium presentiment, from praesāgīre to perceive beforehand, from sāgīre to perceive acutely
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Example Sentences

It strikes me as a presage of the challenges we’ll increasingly face to survive the climate crisis while we work to solve it.

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From quotes Clinton a lot, and he credits Clinton with saying that an intellectual resurgence has to presage political power.

But I recall nothing in Possession, Angels & Insects, Babel Tower, or her other books that seems to presage this one.

There were so many unmistakable signs to presage what was coming that I knew a cannibal feast was about to take place.

The song is founded upon the story of the aged couple of whom I spoke, and is regarded as a contribution of good presage.

Only for a moment could any presage of personal fear cloud the sweet serenity of the Maid's nature.

Ominous word at such a moment, but the presage of something darker and more ominous still.

The most encouraging time for them was from the year 1874 to 1875, when all seemed to presage better days for them.

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