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presentiment

pre·sen·ti·ment [ pri zéntəmənt ] (plural pre·sen·ti·ments)


noun 
Definition:
 
feeling that something will happen: an awareness of some event, especially an unpleasant event, before it takes place and before there is any reason to suspect it or know about it
a presentiment of doom

[Early 18th century. < obsolete French présentiment< Latin praesentire (see presentient)]

pre·sen·ti·men·tal [ pri zèntə mént'l ] adjective
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