preominate verb2 •(no longer used, rare) To feel foreboding about; to prophesy. •(no longer used, rare) To be a portent or omen of.Because many ravens were seen when Alexander entered Babylon, they were thought to preominate his death; and because an owl appeared before the battle, it presaged the ruin of Crassus. — 1646 formspreominated · preominating · preominates