presage

  • 31presage — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin praesagium, from praesagus having a foreboding, from prae + sagus prophetic more at seek Date: 14th century 1. something that foreshadows or portends a future event ; omen 2. an intuition or feeling… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 32presage — 1. noun a) A warning of a future event; an omen. b) An intuition of a future event; a presentiment. 2. verb …

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  • 33presage — Synonyms and related words: actuarial prediction, adumbrate, apocalypse, apprehensiveness, augur, augury, auspicate, bespeak, betoken, bode, boding, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, clairvoyance, divine, dope, dope out, dowse for water,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 34presage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. portent, prophecy, augury, forecast, omen; prediction, precursor, harbinger, forerunner; inkling, promise. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. augur, forecast, predict; see foretell . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I …

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  • 35presage — see SEEK …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 36presage — pre·sage || presɪdÊ’ n. omen, portent, sign; intuitive feeling about future events; caution, warning, admonition v. foreshadow, act as an omen, portend; be a sign of ; feel in advance, sense ahead of time …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 37presage — [ prɛsɪdʒ] verb also prɪ seɪdʒ be a sign or warning of (an imminent event). ↘archaic predict. noun an omen or portent. ↘archaic a foreboding. Derivatives presager noun (archaic). Origin ME (asnoun): via Fr. from L. praesagium, from praesagire… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 38presage — I. v. a. 1. Forebode, divine, foreknow, have a presentiment of. 2. Foretell, predict, prophesy, soothsay, bode, portend, foreshow, indicate, betoken, foretoken, prognosticate, augur. See vaticinate. II. n. 1. Omen, sign, prognostic, augury,… …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 39presage — n 1. presentiment, foreboding, feeling, vague feeling, Inf. funny feeling, Inf. feeling in one s bones, suspicion, Inf. sneaking suspicion, Inf. hunch, intuition; anxiety, misgiving, apprehension, apprehen siveness, boding; dread, fear, ill… …

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  • 40presage — pres·age …

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