PRESAGE


Meaning of PRESAGE in English

n. & v.

--n.

1. an omen or portent.

2 a presentiment or foreboding.

--v.tr.

1. portend, foreshadow.

2 give warning of (an event etc.) by natural means.

3 (of a person) predict or have a presentiment of.

Derivatives:

presageful adj. presager n.

Etymology: ME f. F pr{eacute}sage, pr{eacute}sager f. L praesagium f. praesagire forebode (as PRAE-, sagire perceive keenly)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.