presage
pres·age (pr
s
j)
n.
1. An indication or warning of a future occurrence; an omen.
2. A feeling or intuition of what is going to occur; a presentiment.
3. Prophetic significance or meaning.
4. Archaic A prediction.
v. (pr-s
j, prsj) pre·saged, pre·sag·ing, pre·sag·es
v.tr.
1. To indicate or warn of in advance; portend.
2. To have a presentiment of.
3. To foretell or predict.
v.intr.
To make or utter a prediction.
[Middle English, from Latin praesgium, from praesg
re, to perceive beforehand : prae-, pre- + sgre, to perceive; see sg- in Indo-European roots.]
pre·sageful (pr-sjf
l) adj.
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| Noun | 1. | presage – a foreboding about what is about to happen
boding, foreboding, premonition, presentiment – a feeling of evil to come; “a steadily escalating sense of foreboding”; “the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case”
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| 2. | presage – a sign of something about to happen; “he looked for an omen before going into battle”
augury, foretoken, preindication, sign – an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; “he hoped it was an augury”; “it was a sign from God”
auspice – a favorable omen
foreboding – an unfavorable omen
death knell – an omen of death or destruction
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| Verb | 1. | presage – indicate by signs; “These signs bode bad news”
augur, auspicate, bode, omen, portend, foreshadow, predict, prefigure, prognosticate, betoken, forecast, foretell
threaten – to be a menacing indication of something:”The clouds threaten rain”; “Danger threatens”
bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal, point – be a signal for or a symptom of; “These symptoms indicate a serious illness”; “Her behavior points to a severe neurosis”; “The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued”
foreshow – foretell by divine inspiration
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