Preboding

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of foreboding. archaic, uncountable

    "Thus, when with a nervous preboding Henry took up the "Watchman," […] he turned quite sick at heart to find the lying verdict run as follows […]"

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foreboding

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"Thus, when with a nervous preboding Henry took up the "Watchman," […] he turned quite sick at heart to find the lying verdict run as follows […]"

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