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Presage

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

Synonyms: Prognostic; omen; token; sign; presentiment.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of. Dryden.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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