Pre*sage" , v. i. To form or utter
a prediction; -- sometimes used with of. Dryden.
Pre*sage" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Presaged (-sājd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Presaging. ]
[F.
présager, L. praesagire:
prae before + sagire to perceive acutely or sharply. See Sagacious.]
1. To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
2. To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate.
My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
Shak.
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." Milton.
2.
Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment.
If there be aught of presage in the mind.
Milton. Syn. -- Prognostic; omen; token; sign; presentiment.
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