presage
presage
Definition
pres·age (pres′ij; for v. prē sāj′, pri sāj′, pres′ij)
noun
- a sign or warning of a future event; omen; portent; augury
- a foreboding; presentiment
- Rare a prediction
- foreshadowing quality of ominous presage
Etymology: ME < MFr < L praesagium, a foreboding < prae-, before + sagire, to perceive: see pre- & sagacious
transitive verb presaged -·aged′, presaging -·ag′·ing
- to give a presage, or warning, of; portend
- to have a foreboding or presentiment of
- to predict
Etymology: Fr présager < the vt.
intransitive verb
- Rare to have a presentiment
- to make a prediction
presage
Synonyms
presage
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- death: The widow later said that " to have a sighting of this phantom is believed to be a presage of death.
Object
- end: Assuming that the referendum presages an end to terrorist violence, what will be the impact on the British Army?
- change: This is exactly the type of crisis which presages fundamental historical change.
- factor: The only presage factors which related directly to test performance are achievement motivation ( positive ) and deep strategy ( negative ).
- death: In some cultures, breaking a mirror was thought to presage a death in the family.
- something: It also holds the key to why the current rumpus presages something far, far worse.
Modifying Another Word
presage Quotes
How strange the stars have grown; The presage of extinction glows on their crests And they are beautied with impermanence.
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