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    [Noun]  | "pres*age" | \ ˈpre-sij \


    1: something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen

    2: an intuition or feeling of what is going to happen in the future

    3: prognostication


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Latin praesagium, from praesagus having a foreboding, from prae- + sagus prophetic {mat|see:k|};

    [Verb]  | "pre*sage" | \ ˈpre-sij \


    1: to give an omen or warning of : foreshadow

    2: foretell, predict

    3: to make or utter a prediction


    Origin: 1562 ;

    [Noun]  | "presage" 


    1: a feeling that something bad will happen;


      * e.g., " ... I had a nagging presage that the results of my medical tests would not be good "



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    2: something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event;


      * e.g., " ... the sight of the first robin is always a welcome presage of spring "



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    [Verb]  | "presage" 


    1: to tell of or describe beforehand;


      * e.g., " ... people used to believe that a comet presaged a major event, such as the death of a king "



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