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English Dictionary: presage	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for presage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
presage n a foreboding about what is about to happen a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" Synonym(s): omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy v indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Presage \Pre*sage"\, v. i. To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Presage \Pre"sage\, n. [F. pr[82]sage, L. praesagium, from praesagire. See {Presage}, v. t. ] 1. Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury. [bd]Joy and shout -- presage of victory.[b8] --Milton. 2. Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment. If there be aught of presage in the mind. --Milton. Syn: Prognostic; omen; token; sign; presentiment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Presage \Presage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presaged} (-s[amac]jd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Presaging}. ] [F. pr[82]sager, L. praesagire: prae before + sagire to perceive acutely or sharply. See {Sagacious}.] 1. To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow. 2. To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate. My dreams presage* some joyful news at hand. --Shak.