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Verb: presage  pre-sij or pri'seyj [N. Amer], 'pre-sij [Brit]
  1. Indicate by signs
    "These signs presage bad news"
    - bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, betoken [archaic], foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
Noun: presage  pre-sij or pri'seyj [N. Amer], 'pre-sij [Brit]
  1. A foreboding about what is about to happen
     
  2. A sign of something about to happen
    - omen, portent, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy

Derived forms: presaging, presaged, presages

Type of: augury, bespeak, betoken [archaic], boding, foreboding, foretoken, indicate, point, preindication, premonition, presentiment, sign, signal

Encyclopedia: Presage

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Pre-Raphaelite
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