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Meaning of 'presage'
Meaning of 'presage' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Presage 
[ v. i.]
- To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with
of. [ v. i.]2. Presage [ v. t.]
- Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a
prognostic; an omen; an augury. [ v. t.]- Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment.
- To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
- To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate.
Meaning of 'presage' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. presage [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a sign of something about to happen
- a sign of something about to happen
Example in sentence:
- he looked for an omen before going into battle
2. presage [ v]
[ v]Meaning (2):
- indicate, as with a sign or an omen
- indicate, as with a sign or an omen
Example in sentence:
- These signs bode bad news
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