presage

pres·age

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noun

The definition of a presage is a feeling or warning about something that's going to happen.

An example of a presage is a bomb threat being called in.

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presage

a sign or warning of a future event; omen; portent; augury
a foreboding; presentiment
Rare a prediction
foreshadowing quality: of ominous presage

Origin of presage

Middle English from Middle French from Classical Latin praesagium, a foreboding from prae-, before + sagire, to perceive: see pre- and sagacious

transitive verb

-·aged′, -·ag′ing

to give a presage, or warning, of; portend
to have a foreboding or presentiment of
to predict

Origin of presage

Fr présager < the vt.

Rare to have a presentiment
to make a prediction

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presage

noun

An indication or warning of a future occurrence; an omen.
A feeling or intuition of what is going to occur; a presentiment.
Prophetic significance or meaning.
Archaic A prediction.

verb

pre·saged, pre·sag·ing, pre·sag·es

verb

transitive

To indicate or warn of in advance; portend.
To have a presentiment of.
To foretell or predict.

verb

intransitive

To make or utter a prediction.

Origin of presage

Middle English from Latin praesāgium from praesāgīre to perceive beforehand prae- pre- sāgīre to perceive ; see sāg- in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

pre·sage′ful
adjective

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