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presage

/ˈpɹɛsɪdʒ/

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What does presage mean?

noun

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

verb

  1. To predict or foretell something.
More meanings (2)

verb

  1. To make a prediction.
  2. To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpɹɛsɪdʒ/

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Stars and meteors were generally thought to presage happy events, especially the births of gods, heroes, and great men.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505
But this fear was soon removed by a wonderful thing that happened not long after, and was thought to presage better.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
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The talents and virtues which were displayed in that great struggle were a sure presage of all that has since followed.
United States. PresidentsUnited States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. BushProject Gutenberg ebook #925
Perhaps he had some presage in his own mind, that by his activity and exertions he might rise considerably above his present situation.
Andrew KippisNarrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook With an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening PeriodsProject Gutenberg ebook #7777