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presage

[ noun pres-ij; verb pres-ij, pri-seyj ]

noun

  1. a presentiment or foreboding.

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  2. something that portends or foreshadows a future event; an omen, prognostic, or warning indication.

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  3. prophetic significance; augury.
  4. foresight; prescience.
  5. Archaic. a forecast or prediction.


verb (used with object)

presaged, presaging.
  1. to have a presentiment of.
  2. to portend, foreshow, or foreshadow:

    The incidents may presage war.

  3. to forecast; predict.

verb (used without object)

presaged, presaging.
  1. to make a prediction.
  2. Archaic. to have a presentiment.

presage

noun

  1. an intimation or warning of something about to happen; portent; omen
  2. a sense of what is about to happen; foreboding
  3. archaic.
    a forecast or prediction
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to have a presentiment of
  2. tr to give a forewarning of; portend
  3. intr to make a prediction
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 辫谤别藞蝉补驳别蹿耻濒, adjective
  • 辫谤别藞蝉补驳别蹿耻濒ly, adverb
  • 辫谤别藞蝉补驳别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫谤别蝉顎僡驳别路蹿耻濒 adjective
  • 辫谤别蝉顎僡驳别路蹿耻濒路ly adverb
  • 辫谤别蝉顎僡驳路别谤 noun
  • 耻苍路辫谤别蝉顎僡驳别诲 adjective
  • 耻苍路辫谤别蝉顎僡驳路颈苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of presage1

1350鈥1400; Middle English (noun) < Middle French presage < Latin 辫谤补别蝉腻驳颈耻尘 presentiment, forewarning, equivalent to 辫谤补别蝉腻驳 ( us ) having a foreboding ( prae- pre- + 蝉腻驳耻蝉 prophetic; sagacious ) + -ium -ium
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of presage1

C14: from Latin 辫谤补别蝉腻驳颈耻尘 presentiment, from 辫谤补别蝉腻驳墨re to perceive beforehand, from 蝉腻驳墨谤别 to perceive acutely
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The apocalyptic imagination, he argued, imposes on history 鈥渘eat, na茂ve patterns鈥 presaging a turning point in the grand scheme of humanity.

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By the end of the 鈥60s, Butler had struck up a fruitful partnership with Gamble and Huff that presaged the success that duo would find in the 鈥70s.

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The response presaged the film鈥檚 Golden Lion victory at the festival.

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And as a presidential candidate, he sounded early warnings about the dangers of Vladimir Putin and a resurgent Russia and presaged the increasingly tense relationship between the U.S. and the People鈥檚 Republic of China.

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