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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pres•age /ˈprɛsɪdʒ, prɪˈseɪdʒ/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -aged, -ag•ing. - to be a sign or warning of;
portend;
foreshadow:Those terrorist incidents may presage war.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pres•age (n. pres′ij;v. pres′ij, pri sāj′),USA pronunciation n., v., -aged, -ag•ing. n. - 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.
v.t. - to have a presentiment of.
- to portend, foreshow, or foreshadow:The incidents may presage war.
- to forecast;
predict.
v.i. - to make a prediction.
- [Archaic.]to have a presentiment.
- Latin praesāgium presentiment, forewarning, equivalent. to praesāg(us) having a foreboding (prae- pre- + sāgus prophetic; compare sagacious) + -ium -ium
- Middle French presage
- Middle English (noun, nominal) 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged foreshadowing, indication, premonition.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged portent, sign, token.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: presage n /ˈprɛsɪdʒ/- an intimation or warning of something about to happen; portent; omen
- a sense of what is about to happen; foreboding
vb /ˈprɛsɪdʒ; prɪˈseɪdʒ/- (transitive) to have a presentiment of
- (transitive) to give a forewarning of; portend
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin praesāgium presentiment, from praesāgīre to perceive beforehand, from sāgīre to perceive acutelypreˈsageful adj preˈsager n |