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| pres·age [ préssij, pri sáyj ] |
noun (plural pre·sag·es) |
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1. portent or omen: a sign or warning of a future event
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2. sense of something to come: a feeling that a particular thing, often something unpleasant, is about to happen
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3. future import: significance with regard to future events
  a moment of great presage
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verb (past and past participle pre·saged, present participle pre·sag·ing, 3rd person present singular pre·sag·es) |
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1. transitive verb foretell something: to be or give a sign or warning of a future event
Clear skies that night presaged fine weather for the picnic.
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2. transitive verb have presentiment of something: to know intuitively that a particular thing is going to happen
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3. transitive and intransitive verb predict: to predict a future event
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| [14th century. Directly or via French< Latin praesagire "forebode" < sagire "perceive"] |
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| pre·sag·er noun |
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