presage
English
WOTD – 4 May 2016
Etymology
From Middle French presage, from Latin praesāgium.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛsɪdʒ/, /pɹɪˈseɪdʒ/
- Rhymes: -eɪdʒ
- Hyphenation: pre‧sage
Noun
presage (plural presages)
- A warning of a future event; an omen.
- An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXII:
- Glad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage!
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXII:
Translations
warning; omen
intuition; presentiment
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Verb
presage (third-person singular simple present presages, present participle presaging, simple past and past participle presaged)
- (transitive) To predict or foretell something.
- c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:, scene i (Q2 version):
- 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 […]
- 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a second term, Obama will confront familiar headwinds”, in The New York Times:
- 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.
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- (intransitive) To make a prediction.
- (transitive) To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
Synonyms
Translations
to predict or foretell something
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to have a presentiment of
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