Sekirov Dictionary

presage

/ˈpɹɛsɪdʒ/

verb 3
noun 2
forms 5

verb3

•
To predict or foretell something.
- That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past. — 2012
To make a prediction.
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.

noun2

•
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. — 1786
•
An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
- Glad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage! — 1855

forms

presaged · presaging · presages · presageth · presagest

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