presage

[US]/ˈpresɪdʒ/
[UK]/ˈpresɪdʒ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a sign or warning that something, typically something bad, will happen; a feeling or intuition that something is going to happen
vt. to have a presentiment of; foretell
vi. to foretell or indicate something beforehand

Example Sentences

This sign presages rains.

the heavy clouds above the moorland presaged snow.

the fever was a sombre presage of his final illness.

Presage before the seaquake comes?

he had a strong presage that he had only a very short time to live.

By certain signs we may presage of heats and rains.

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