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

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

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noun

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

Origin: ME < MFr < L praesagium, a foreboding < prae-, before + sagire, to perceive: see pre- & sagacious

transitive verb presaged, presaging

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

Origin: Fr présager < the vt.

intransitive verb

Rare to have a presentiment
to make a prediction

Related Forms:

presager noun

See presage in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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 (prĭ-sājˈ, prĕsˈĭj) 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:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Latin praesāgium

Origin: , from praesāgīre, to perceive beforehand

Origin: : prae-, pre-

Origin: + sāgīre, to perceive; see sāg- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

pre·sageˈful (prĭ-sājˈfəl) adjective

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