Presage \Pre"sage\, n. [F. pr['e]sage, L. praesagium, from
praesagire. See Presage, v. t. ]
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1. Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a
prognostic; an omen; an augury. "Joy and shout -- presage
of victory." --Milton.
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2. Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power;
foreknowledge; presentiment.
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If there be aught of presage in the mind. --Milton.
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Syn: Prognostic; omen; token; sign; presentiment.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Presage \Pre*sage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Presaged (-s[=a]jd");
p. pr. & vb. n. Presaging. ] [F. pr['e]sager, L.
praesagire: prae before + sagire to perceive acutely or
sharply. See Sagacious.]
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1. To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to
foreknow.
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2. To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate.
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My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Presage \Pre*sage"\, v. i.
To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of.
--Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
presage
n 1: a foreboding about what is about to happen
2: a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen
before going into battle" [syn: omen, portent, prognostic,
prognostication, prodigy]
v : indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode,
portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, betoken,
foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast,
predict]
WordNet (r) 2.0
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "presage":
actuarial prediction, adumbrate, apocalypse, apprehensiveness,
augur, augury, auspicate, bespeak, betoken, bode, boding,
cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, clairvoyance, divine, dope,
dope out, dowse for water, forebode, foreboding, forecast,
forecasting, forefeeling, foreknowing, foreknowledge, forerun,
foresee, foreseeability, foreshadow, foreshow, foreshowing,
foresight, foretell, foretelling, foretoken, forewisdom,
fortune-tell, guess, guesswork, harbinger, hariolate, have a hunch,
have an intimation, herald, hunch, improbability, indicate,
make a prediction, make a prognosis, make a prophecy, misgiving,
omen, portend, portent, preapprehension, precognition, predict,
prediction, prefiguration, prefigure, prefigurement, prefiguring,
preindicate, premonition, prenotion, presagement, presaging,
prescience, presentiment, preshowing, presignifying, probability,
prognosis, prognostic, prognosticate, prognostication, promise,
prophecy, prophesy, prophesying, prospectus, read palms,
read tea leaves, read the future, shadow, shadow forth, soothsay,
speculate, speculation, statistical prediction, tell fortunes,
tell the future, vaticinate, vaticination
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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