A crow's cry at midnight was said to presage death in the village.
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Presage
Synonyms for "presage" (171 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Verb(14 words)
Strong matches (51)
cast a horoscopecast a nativityclairvoyancedivinedopedope outdowse for waterforebodeforebodingforecastforecastingforefeelingforeknowingforeknowledgeforerunforerunnerforeseeforeseeabilityforeshadowforeshow
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foreshowingforesightforetellforetellingforetokenforewisdomfortune tellfortune-tellguessguessworkharbingerhariolatehave a hunchhave an intimationherald
Noun(8 words)
Related words (85)
Verb(14 words)
Noun(14 words)
hunchimprobabilityindicatemake a predictionmake a prognosismake a prophecymeanmisgivingomenportendportentpreapprehensionprecedeprecognitionpredictpredictionprefigurationprefigureprefigurementprefiguring
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preindicatepremonitionprenotionpresagementpresagingpresciencepresentimentpreshowingpresignifyingprobabilityprognosisprognosticprognosticateprognosticationpromiseprophecyprophesyprophesyingprospectusread palmsread tea leavesread the futureshadowshadow forthsoothsayspeculatespeculationspellstatistical predictiontell fortunestell the futurethreatthreatenvaticinatevaticination
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18 entriesaugurybespeakbetokenbodingforebodingforetokenindicateindicationliterary devicenarrative devicepointpreindicationpremonitionpresentimentsign
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9 entriesCollocations
9 entriesgrim presageill presagepresage disasterpresage doompresage ill fortunepresage misfortunepresage of doompresage troubleserve as a presage
Inflections
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4 entriesSample sentences
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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.
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Glad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage!
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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 […]
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