presage
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presage
- /ˈpɹɛsɪdʒ/ UK
- /pɹɪˈseɪdʒ/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛsɪdʒ, -eɪdʒ
Where it comes from
From Middle English presage, from Latin praesāgium.
noun presages · præsage
- A warning of a future event; an omen. Speak frankly, Mirzes—nor believe thy words, / Whatever black preſages they contain, / Subjoin'd to all Trophonius hath foretold, / Can change my firm reſolves, or blunt my ſword.
- An intuition of a future event; a presentiment. Glad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage!
verb presages · presaging · presaged · præsage
- To predict or foretell something. If I may truſt the flattering truth of ſleepe, / My dreames preſage ſome ioyfull newes at hand : / My boſomes L. ſits lightly in his throne : / And all this day an vnaccuſtom’d ſpirit, / Lifts me aboue the ground with cheatfull thoughts […]
- To make a prediction.
- To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
Similar: foreshadow, forespell, portend
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Similar: foreshadow, forespell, portend
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noun warning; omen
| Español | presagio |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 預兆 /预兆 yùzhào, 徵兆 /征兆 zhēngzhào |
| Français | présage |
| Italiano | presagio |
| Ελληνικά | προμήνυμα promínyma |
| Română | avertiza, prefigura |
| Русский | предзнаменова́ние predznamenovánije |
noun intuition; presentiment
| 中文 | 預感 /预感 yùgǎn |
|---|---|
| Română | inituiție, presentiment, prefigura |
| Русский | предчу́вствие predčúvstvije |
verb to predict or foretell something
| Español | presagiar |
|---|
verb to have a presentiment of
| Español | presentir |
|---|
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title = {presage},
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