PRESAGE

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury. "Joy and shout -- presage of victory." Milton.

2.
n.

Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment. If there be aught of presage in the mind. Milton.

3.
v.

To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.

4.
v.

To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate. My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. Shak.

5.
v.

To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of. Dryden.