presagementn.
/ˈprɛsɪdʒm(ə)nt/, U.S. /priˈseɪdʒm(ə)nt/, /ˈprɛsᵻdʒm(ə)nt/ 1. A sign or indication of the future; an omen, a portent, a foreshadowing. Now rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun]
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1586 J. Norden Mirror for Multitude To Rdr. sig. *4 Although we so slightly..passe ouer so ponderous a presagement of our punishment he that then shooke the earth, in loue, to call vs vnto him, can shake the inhabitants thereof.
c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 55 A fyre..called Santelmo or Corposantie; the which appeareth before anie tempestuous weather as a presagement of a most dainegerous storme.
a1639 H. Wotton View Life & Death Duke of Buckingham in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 118 I have spent some enquiry, whether he had any ominous presagement before his end.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xxi. 265 The falling of Salt is an authenticke presagement of ill lucke.
1828 Times 1 Sept. 4/3 The Chairman considered that the dreadful accounts of piracies which had been received were but the presagement of others.
1990 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 41 560 Of Popper's cardinal method, situational logic, no convincing presagement will be found in Hayek's work, nor in that of any other recognized Austrian marginalist.
2. Power to foretell the future, foresight, prediction; an instance of this, a presentiment, a prophecy, a forecast.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [noun]
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1586 G. Whetstone Eng. Myrror vi. 45 With this chaunge agreeth the presagement of sainte Ierome, who saith that the Romaine Empire..shall be abased.
1637 T. Jackson Serm. Matt. ii. 17, 18, §8 Her own prediction or good ominous presagements of Joseph's name.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. x. 40 His reservednesse had contrived answers, whose accomplishments were in his power, or not beyond his presagement . View more context for this quotation
1770 W. Hooper tr. J. F. F. von Bielfeld Lett. Baron Bielfeld III. Table of Contents An account of a remarkable presagement that the Author experienced when at Hamburg.
1776 E. Jerningham Fall of Mexico 8 Her voice now fails to flow, Curs'd with the dire presagement of her woe.
1930 Soda Springs (Idaho) Chieftain 3 Apr. 1/2 Even a lesser period than covered by his presagement will bring wonderful development to this state.
1949 C. Williams Descent into Hell ix. 174 Her breath drawn with a kind of slow difficulty against the beating passion of her heart's presagements.
2001 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 23 Jan. b1 Inappropriate tinkering with the Super Bowl Formula led me to suggest that if this once exalted method of presagement failed me a second time, I would bury it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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