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Presage

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a sign of something about to happen wordnet
  3. 3
    An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.

    "Glad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage!"

  4. 4
    a foreboding about what is about to happen wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To predict or foretell something. transitive

    "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 […]"

  2. 2
    indicate, as with a sign or an omen wordnet
  3. 3
    To make a prediction. intransitive
  4. 4
    To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English presage, from Latin praesāgium.

Etymology 2

From Middle English presage, from Latin praesāgium.

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