presage
Collocations
4ADJ.
better, new, vain
VERB + PRESAGE
said
PRESAGE + NOUN
death, less
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
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.
An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
Glad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage!
verb
To predict or foretell something.
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 […]
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.
To make a prediction.
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a sign of something about to happen
- omen
- portent
- prognostic
- prognostication
- prodigy
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5Speak 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.
WiktionaryGlad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage!
WiktionaryIf 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 abou
WiktionaryThat 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.
WiktionaryA crow's cry at midnight was said to presage death in the village.
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