presage[verb]Synonyms: portend, augur, betoken, bode, foreshadow, foretoken, signify
Related Words: bespeak,
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pres‧age /ˈpresɪdʒ, prəˈseɪdʒ/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: presage 'something that shows the future' (14-21 centuries), from Latin praesagium, from praesagire, from sagire 'to understand clearly']
formal to be a sign that something is going to happen, especially something bad:
The large number of moderate earthquakes that have occurred recently could presage a larger quake soon.—presage noun [countable]:
a presage of doom [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲