16 May 2019
presage
[noun pres-ij; verb pres-ij, pri-seyj]
noun
– a presentiment or foreboding.
– something that portends or foreshadows a future event; an omen, prognostic, or warning indication.
– prophetic significance; augury
foresight; prescience.
Archaic . a forecast or prediction.
verb (used with object), pres·aged, pres·ag·ing.
to have a presentiment of.
to portend, foreshow, or foreshadow:
The incidents may presage war.
to forecast; predict.
verb (used without object), pres·aged, pres·ag·ing.
to make a prediction.
Archaic . to have a presentiment.
Origin of presage
1350–1400; Middle English (noun); Middle French presage < Latin praesāgium presentiment, forewarning, equivalent to praesāg(us ) having a foreboding ( prae- pre- + sāgus prophetic; cf. sagacious) + -ium -ium
Related forms
pres·age·ful , adjective
pres·age·ful·ly , adverb
pres·ag·er , noun
un·pres·aged , adjective
un·pres·ag·ing , adjective
Synonyms for presage
1. foreshadowing, indication, premonition. 2. portent, sign, token.
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Related Words for presage
signify, foresee, portend, foreshadow, forebode, foretell, augur, auspice, omen, prognostic, apprehension, augury, misgiving, forecast, harbinger, prognostication, intimation, premonition, prophecy, sign
Examples from the Web for presage
Contemporary Examples of presage
From quotes Clinton a lot, and he credits Clinton with saying that an intellectual resurgence has to presage political power.
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The Republican Party Needs an RLC
Eleanor Clift
January 10, 2014
But I recall nothing in Possession, Angels & Insects, Babel Tower, or her other books that seems to presage this one.
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Must Reads: Wild Abandon, Ramona Ausubel, A.S. Byatt
Nicholas Mancusi, Jennifer Miller, Allen Barra
March 6, 2012
Historical Examples of presage
For a moment there was a pause, as if at a presage of disaster.
Graham’s Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848
Various
Fatal words they were,—the presage of the mishap they threatened!
Tom Burke Of “Ours”, Volume II (of II)
Charles James Lever
In the early spring of 1784 Diderot had an attack which he knew to be the presage of the end.
Diderot and the Encyclopdists
John Morley
But the softness in the Christmas air did not presage a thaw.
A Son of the City
Herman Gastrell Seely
Thus she left him without so much as a backward glance to presage future favour.
Simon Dale
Anthony Hope
Today’s quote
We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
– A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
On this day
16 May 1920 – Joan of Arc is canonised (declared a saint) by the Catholic Church. In 1431, the Catholic Church accused her of heresy. She was subsequently ex-communicated and burnt at the stake. The church later nullified her ex-communication, declaring her a matyr who was unjustly executed because of a vendetta by the English (who controlled the Inquisitorial Court in occupied France). She was beatified (given the title of Blessed and the ability to intercede on behalf of those who pray to her) in 1909 prior to her canonisation in 1920.
16 May 1990 – death of Jim Henson, American muppeteer (Sesame Street, the Muppet Show). Born 24 September 1936.
16 May 1944 – birth of Danny Trejo, American actor (Desperado, Machete, Con-Air).
16 May 1945 – birth of Nicky Chinn, British songwriter and record producer. In conjunction with Queensland-born Mike Chapman, he wrote hit singles for Sweet, Suzi Quatro, Mud, Racey, Smokie and Tina Turner.
16 May 2010 – death of Ronald James Padavona, otherwise known as Ronny James Dio, heavy metal singer. Dio replaced Ozzy Osbourne as lead singer of Black Sabbath, for two years before leaving after disagreements with other band members. Dio was also associated with Rainbow, Dio, and Elf. Born 12 July 1942.