presaged

Variant of presage

noun

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

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

transitive verb presaged, presaging

  1. to give a presage, or warning, of; portend
  2. to have a foreboding or presentiment of
  3. to predict

Origin: Fr présager < the vt.

intransitive verb

  1. Rare to have a presentiment
  2. to make a prediction

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