Definition of Presage

Babylon English Dictionary
foreshadow, act as an omen, portend; be a sign of -; feel in advance, sense ahead of time
omen, portent, sign; intuitive feeling about future events; caution, warning, admonition
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(v. t.)
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
  
(v. t.)
To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate.
  
(v. t.)
Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury.
  
(v. t.)
Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment.
  
(v. i.)
To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of.
  
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presage
\pre"sage\ (?), n. [f. présage, l. praesagium, from praesagire. see presage, v. t. ]
1. something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury. "joy and shout -- presage of victory."
2. power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment. if there be aught of presage in the mind.

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To foretell.
JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Armes = n. a presage, an omen
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. a foreboding about what is about to happen
(hypernym) foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding
2. a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"
(synonym) omen, portent, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy
(hypernym) augury, sign, foretoken, preindication
(hyponym) auspice
(derivation) bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

Verb
1. indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
(synonym) bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
(hypernym) bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
(hyponym) threaten
(derivation) omen, portent, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy
Presage Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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The Nissan Presage is a large MPV produced by Japanese automaker Nissan since 1998. The Presage is only officially sold by Nissan in Hong Kong, Singapore, Brunei and Japan.

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