Hypertext Webster Gateway: "presage"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Presage \Pre*sage"\, v. i.
To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of.
--Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Presage \Pre"sage\, n. [F. pr['e]sage, L. praesagium, from
praesagire. See {Presage}, v. t. ]
1. Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a
prognostic; an omen; an augury. ``Joy and shout -- presage
of victory.'' --Milton.

2. Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power;
foreknowledge; presentiment.

If there be aught of presage in the mind. --Milton.

Syn: Prognostic; omen; token; sign; presentiment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Presage \Pre*sage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presaged} (-s[=a]jd");
p. pr. & vb. n. {Presaging}. ] [F. pr['e]sager, L.
praesagire: prae before + sagire to perceive acutely or
sharply. See {Sagacious}.]
1. To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to
foreknow.

2. To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate.

My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

presage
n 1: a foreboding about what is about to happen
2: a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen
before going into battle" [syn: {omen}, {portent}, {prognostic}]
v : indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode},
{portend}, {auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {omen}, {betoken},
{foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell}, {prefigure}, {forecast},
{predict}]


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