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Webster 1913 Edition


Presage

Pre′sage

,
Noun.
[F.
présage
, L.
praesagium
, from
praesagire
. See
Presage
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury.
“Joy and shout – presage of victory.”
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.

Pre-sage′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Presaged
(-sājd′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Presaging
. ]
[F.
présager
, 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.
Shakespeare

Pre-sage′

,
Verb.
I.
To form or utter a prediction; – sometimes used with of.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Presage

PRE'SAGE

,
Noun.
[L. proesagium; proe, before, and sagio, to perceive or foretell.] Something which foreshows a future event; a prognostic; a present fact indicating something to come.
Joy and shout, presage of victory.

Definition 2024


presage

presage

See also: pressage, présage, and présagé

English

Noun

presage (plural presages)

  1. A warning of a future event; an omen.
  2. An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.

Translations

Verb

presage (third-person singular simple present presages, present participle presaging, simple past and past participle presaged)

  1. (transitive) To predict or foretell something.
    • Shakespeare:
      My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
    • 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a second term, Obama will confront familiar headwinds”, in The New York Times:
      That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past.
  2. (intransitive) To make a prediction.
  3. (transitive) To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.

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