presage

Noun · Verb
US[pres-ij]/ˈprɛsɪdʒ/2 syllables
Synonyms: omenportentprognosticprognosticationprodigybodeportendauspicateprognosticatebetokenforeshadowaugur

Open English WordNet

Verb (1)presaged, presaging

  1. indicate, as with a sign or an omen“These signs bode bad news”Synonyms: bodeportendauspicateprognosticateomenbetokenforeshadowaugurforetellprefigureforecastpredictMore general bespeak, betokenMore specific threaten, foreshow

Noun (2)

  1. a foreboding about what is about to happenType of foreboding, premonition
  2. a sign of something about to happen“he looked for an omen before going into battle”Synonyms: omenportentprognosticprognosticationprodigyType of augury, signKinds death knell, auspice, foreboding

Related words foreshadowing noun, forecast verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Pre′sage noun

Origin: F. présage, L. praesagium, from praesagire. See Presage, transitive verb

1. Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury. “Joy and shout — presage of victory.” John Milton

2. Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment.

If there be aught of presage in the mind.— John Milton

Synonyms: Prognostic; omen; token; sign; presentiment.

Pre·sage′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Presaged (-sājd′); present participle & verbal noun Presaging. ]

Origin: F. présager, L. praesagire: prae before + sagire to perceive acutely or sharply. See Sagacious.

1. To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.

2. To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate.

My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.— William Shakespeare
Pre·sage′ intransitive verb

To form or utter a prediction; — sometimes used with of. John Dryden

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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