presage
presage is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment. If there be aught of presage in the mind. Milton.
- 2.To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
- 3.To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate. My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. Shak.
- 4.To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of. Dryden.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- afore
- aforehand
- aforementioned
- aforesaid
- already
- antecedence
- antecedent
- anterior
- anteriority
- anticipate
- augury
- auspice
- before
- beforehand
- bird
- candle
- come
- dawn
- early
- ere
- erewhile
- eve
- forerun
- forestall
- former
- gain
- gathering
- harbinger
- have
- herald
- ill
- ill-boding
- indication
- introductory
- lead
- march
- now
- omen
- past
- portent
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is presage.
- What is power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment. If there be aught of presage in the mind. Milton called?
- What is to have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow called?
- What is to foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate. My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. Shak called?
- What is to form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of. Dryden called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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