presage

pres·age

P0534300 (prĕs′ĭj)n.1. An indication or warning of a future occurrence; an omen.2. A feeling or intuition of what is going to occur; a presentiment.3. Prophetic significance or meaning.4. Archaic A prediction.v. (prĭ-sāj′, prĕs′ĭj) pre·saged, pre·sag·ing, pre·sag·es v.tr.1. To indicate or warn of in advance; portend.2. To have a presentiment of.3. To foretell or predict.v.intr. To make or utter a prediction.

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[Middle English, from Latin praesāgium, from praesāgīre, to perceive beforehand : prae-, pre- + sāgīre, to perceive; see sāg- in Indo-European roots.]

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pre·sage′ful (prĭ-sāj′fəl) adj.

presage

n 1. an intimation or warning of something about to happen; portent; omen 2. a sense of what is about to happen; foreboding 3. archaic a forecast or prediction vb 4. (tr) to have a presentiment of 5. (tr) to give a forewarning of; portend 6. (intr) to make a prediction [C14: from Latin praesāgium presentiment, from praesāgīre to perceive beforehand, from sāgīre to perceive acutely] preˈsageful adj preˈsagefully adv preˈsager n

pres•age

(ˈprɛs ɪdʒ; v. also prɪˈseɪdʒ)

v. -aged, -ag•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to portend; foreshadow: The incidents may presage war. 2. to forecast; predict. v.i. 3. to make a prediction. n. 4. presentiment; foreboding. 5. something that portends or foreshadows a future event; an omen. 6. prophetic significance; augury. 7. Archaic. a prediction. [1350–1400; Middle English (n.) < Middle French < Latin praesāgium=praesāg(us) having a foreboding (prae- pre- + sāgus prophetic; compare sagacious) + -ium -ium¹] pres′ag•er, n.

presage

Past participle: presaged
Gerund: presaging

Imperative
presage
presage

Present
I presage
you presage
he/she/it presages
we presage
you presage
they presage

Preterite
I presaged
you presaged
he/she/it presaged
we presaged
you presaged
they presaged

Present Continuous
I am presaging
you are presaging
he/she/it is presaging
we are presaging
you are presaging
they are presaging

Present Perfect
I have presaged
you have presaged
he/she/it has presaged
we have presaged
you have presaged
they have presaged

Past Continuous
I was presaging
you were presaging
he/she/it was presaging
we were presaging
you were presaging
they were presaging

Past Perfect
I had presaged
you had presaged
he/she/it had presaged
we had presaged
you had presaged
they had presaged

Future
I will presage
you will presage
he/she/it will presage
we will presage
you will presage
they will presage

Future Perfect
I will have presaged
you will have presaged
he/she/it will have presaged
we will have presaged
you will have presaged
they will have presaged

Future Continuous
I will be presaging
you will be presaging
he/she/it will be presaging
we will be presaging
you will be presaging
they will be presaging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been presaging
you have been presaging
he/she/it has been presaging
we have been presaging
you have been presaging
they have been presaging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been presaging
you will have been presaging
he/she/it will have been presaging
we will have been presaging
you will have been presaging
they will have been presaging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been presaging
you had been presaging
he/she/it had been presaging
we had been presaging
you had been presaging
they had been presaging

Conditional
I would presage
you would presage
he/she/it would presage
we would presage
you would presage
they would presage

Past Conditional
I would have presaged
you would have presaged
he/she/it would have presaged
we would have presaged
you would have presaged
they would have presaged

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	presage - a foreboding about what is about to happenboding, foreboding, premonition, presentiment - a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"
	2.	presage - a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"omen, portent, prognostic, prognostication, prodigyaugury, foretoken, preindication, sign - an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God"auspice - a favorable omenforeboding - an unfavorable omendeath knell - an omen of death or destruction
Verb	1.	presage - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"augur, auspicate, bode, omen, portend, foreshadow, predict, prefigure, prognosticate, betoken, forecast, foretellthreaten - to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens"bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal, point - be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"foreshow - foretell by divine inspiration

presage

verb1. portend to, point to, warn of, signify, omen, bode, foreshadow, augur, betoken, adumbrate, forebode, foretoken Diplomats fear the incidents presage a new chapter in the conflict.noun1. omen, sign, warning, forecast, prediction, prophecy, portent, harbinger, intimation, forewarning, prognostication, augury, prognostic, auspice Soldiers used to believe a raven was a presage of coming battle.

presage

nounA phenomenon that serves as a sign or warning of some future good or evil:augury, forerunner, foretoken, omen, portent, prefigurement, prognostic, prognostication, sign.Idiom: writing on the wall.verbTo give an indication of something in advance:adumbrate, augur, bode, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, portend, prefigure, prognosticate.

Translations

presagire