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presage
[pres-ij, pres-ij, pri-seyj]
noun
a presentiment or foreboding.
Synonyms: ,something that portends or foreshadows a future event; an omen, prognostic, or warning indication.
Synonyms: , ,prophetic significance; augury.
foresight; prescience.
Archaic.a forecast or prediction.
verb (used with object)
to have a presentiment of.
to portend, foreshow, or foreshadow.
The incidents may presage war.
to forecast; predict.
verb (used without object)
to make a prediction.
Archaic.to have a presentiment.
presage
noun
an intimation or warning of something about to happen; portent; omen
a sense of what is about to happen; foreboding
archaica forecast or prediction
verb
(tr) to have a presentiment of
(tr) to give a forewarning of; portend
(intr) to make a prediction
Other 51Թ Forms
- presageful adjective
- presagefully adverb
- presager noun
- unpresaged adjective
- unpresaging adjective
- ˈڳܱ adjective
- ˈڳܱly adverb
- ˈ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of presage1
Example Sentences
Now, though, an executive order signed by President Trump could presage legal challenges of pioneering California laws that overhauled school discipline by banning willful defiance suspensions for K-12 students.
The apocalyptic imagination, he argued, imposes on history “neat, naïve patterns” presaging a turning point in the grand scheme of humanity.
“There’s no denying David Johansen’s bratty vocalizing… But unlike the MC5 — fellow revolutionaries who more directly presaged the hard-core aspects of the coming punk rebellion — the Dolls had clearer roots in the rock mainstream.”
By the end of the ’60s, Butler had struck up a fruitful partnership with Gamble and Huff that presaged the success that duo would find in the ’70s.
The response presaged the film’s Golden Lion victory at the festival.
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