'Presage' definitions:
Definition of 'presage'
(from WordNet)
noun
A foreboding about what is about to happen
noun
A sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" [syn: omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy]
verb
Definition of 'Presage'
From: GCIDE
- Presage \Pre"sage\, n. [F. pr['e]sage, L. praesagium, from praesagire. See Presage, v. t. ] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury. "Joy and shout -- presage of victory." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment. [1913 Webster]
- If there be aught of presage in the mind. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Prognostic; omen; token; sign; presentiment. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Presage'
From: GCIDE
- Presage \Pre*sage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Presaged (-s[=a]jd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Presaging. ] [F. pr['e]sager, L. praesagire: prae before + sagire to perceive acutely or sharply. See Sagacious.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate. [1913 Webster]
- My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Presage'
From: GCIDE
- Presage \Pre*sage"\, v. i. To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'presage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- forebode,
- foreboding,
- forecast,
- forecasting,
- forefeeling,
- foreknowing,
- foreknowledge,
- forerun,
- foresee,
- foreseeability,
- foreshadow,
- foreshow,
- foreshowing,
- foresight,
- foretell,
- foretelling,
- foretoken,
- forewisdom,
- fortune-tell,
- guess,
- guesswork,
- harbinger,
- hariolate,
- have a hunch,
- have an intimation,
- herald,
- hunch,
- improbability,
- indicate,
- make a prediction,
- make a prognosis,
- make a prophecy,
- misgiving,
- omen,
- portend,
- portent,
- preapprehension,
- precognition,
- predict,
- prediction,
- prefiguration,
- prefigure,
- prefigurement,
- prefiguring,
- preindicate,
- premonition,
- prenotion,
- presagement,
- presaging,
- prescience,
- presentiment,
- preshowing,
- presignifying,
- probability,
- prognosis,
- prognostic,
- prognosticate,
- prognostication,
- promise,
- prophecy,
- prophesy,
- prophesying,
- prospectus,
- read palms,
- read tea leaves,
- read the future,
- shadow,
- shadow forth,
- soothsay,
- speculate,
- speculation,
- statistical prediction,
- tell fortunes,
- tell the future,
- vaticinate,
- vaticination