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presage
noun
- a sign or warning of a future event; omen; portent; augury
- a foreboding; presentiment
- Rare a prediction
- foreshadowing quality: of ominous presage
transitive verb presaged, presaging
- to give a presage, or warning, of; portend
- to have a foreboding or presentiment of
- to predict
intransitive verb
- Rare to have a presentiment
- to make a prediction
Related Forms:
- presager noun
See presage in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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