English-Thai Dictionary

presage

N ลางสังหรณ์  augur forecast predict lang-san-hon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRESAGE

n.[L. proesagium; proe, before, and sagio, to perceive or foretell. ] Something which foreshows a future event; a prognostic; a present fact indicating something to come. Joy and shout, presage of victory.

 

PRESAGE

v.t.To forebode; to foreshow; to indicate by some present fact what is to follow or come to pass. A fog rising from a river in an autumnal morning presages a pleasant day. A physical phenomenon cannot be considered as presaging an event, unless it has some connection with it in cause. Hence the error of vulgar superstition, which presages good or evil from facts which can have no relation to the future event. 1. To foretell; to predict; to prophesy.
Wish'd freedom I presage you soon will find.

 

PRESAGE

v.i.To form or utter a prediction; with of. We may presage of heats and rains. We may presage of heats and rains. [Not common nor elegant. ]

 

PRESAGED

pp. Foreboded; foreshown; foretold.

 

PRESAGEFUL

a.Full of presages; containing presages.

 

PRESAGEMENT

n.A foreboding; foretoken. 1. A foretelling; prediction.

 

PRESAGER

n.A foreteller; a foreshower.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRESAGE

Pre "sage, n. Etym: [F. présage, L. praesagium, from praesagire. See Presage, v. t. ]

 

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.

 

Syn. -- Prognostic; omen; token; sign; presentiment.

 

PRESAGE

Pre *sage " v. t. [imp. & p. p. Presaged (-sajd "); p. pr. & vb. n.Presaging. ] Etym: [F. présager, L. praesagire: prae before + sagire to perceive acutely or sharply. See Sagacious. ]

 

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.

 

PRESAGE

PRESAGE Pre *sage ", v. i.

 

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

 

PRESAGEFUL

PRESAGEFUL Pre *sage "ful a.

 

Defn: Full of presages; ominous. Dark in the glass of some presageful mood. Tennyson.

 

PRESAGEMENT

PRESAGEMENT Pre *sage "ment, n.

 

1. The act or art of presaging; a foreboding. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

 

2. That which is presaged, or foretold. [R.] "Ominous presagement before his end. " Sir H. Wotton.

 

PRESAGER

PRESAGER Pre *sa "ger n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, presages; a foreteller; a foreboder. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

presage

pres age |ˈpresij, priˈsāj priˈseɪʤ ˈprɛsɪʤ | ▶verb |prɪˈseɪʤ | [ with obj. ] (of an event ) be a sign or warning that (something, typically something bad ) will happen: the outcome of the game presaged the coming year. • archaic (of a person ) predict: lands he could measure, terms and tides presage. ▶noun a sign or warning that something, typically something bad, will happen; an omen or portent: the fever was a somber presage of his final illness. • archaic a feeling of presentiment or foreboding: he had a strong presage that he had only a very short time to live. DERIVATIVES pres ag er noun ( archaic )ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun ): via French from Latin praesagium, from praesagire ‘forebode, ’ from prae ‘before ’ + sagire ‘perceive keenly. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

presage

presage |ˈprɛsɪdʒ | ▶verb |also prɪˈseɪdʒ | [ with obj. ] be a sign or warning of (an imminent event, typically an unwelcome one ): the heavy clouds above the moorland presaged snow. • archaic (of a person ) predict: lands he could measure, terms and tides presage. ▶noun an omen or portent: the fever was a sombre presage of his final illness. • archaic a feeling of presentiment or foreboding: he had a strong presage that he had only a very short time to live. DERIVATIVES presager noun ( archaic )ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun ): via French from Latin praesagium, from praesagire ‘forebode ’, from prae ‘before ’ + sagire ‘perceive keenly ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

presage

presage verb the owl's hooting is thought to presage death: portend, augur, foreshadow, foretell, prophesy, be an omen of, herald, be a sign of, be the harbinger of, warn of, be a presage of, signal, bode, promise, threaten; literary betoken, foretoken, forebode. ▶noun a somber presage of his final illness: omen, sign, indication, portent, warning, forewarning, harbinger, augury, prophecy, foretoken.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

presage

presage verb the owl's hooting was thought to presage death: portend, augur, foreshadow, foretell, prophesy, be an omen of, herald, be a sign of, be the harbinger of, be a warning of, give a warning of, warn of, be an indication of, indicate, be a presage of, signal, bode, announce, promise, threaten; point to, mean, signify, spell, denote, add up to, amount to; literary betoken, foretoken, forebode, harbinger. ▶noun these symptoms were a sombre presage of his final illness: omen, sign, indication, portent, warning, forewarning, harbinger, foreshadowing, augury, signal, promise, threat, ill omen, forecast, prediction, prognostication, prophecy, straw in the wind, writing on the wall, hint; literary foretoken; archaic auspice.

 

French Dictionary

présage

présage n. m. nom masculin Signe heureux ou malheureux par lequel on juge de l ’avenir. : Cette éclaircie est un bon présage. Je ne crois pas qu ’un chat noir soit un mauvais présage.

 

présager

présager v. tr. verbe transitif 1 Annoncer par des signes. : La réduction des stocks, qui ont atteint leur niveau le plus bas depuis une décennie, laisse présager un redémarrage de la production. Ces longues délibérations ne présagent rien de bon. SYNONYME augurer ; indiquer ; préfigurer . 2 Prévoir l ’issue de quelque chose. : Nous ne pouvions présager que les résultats seraient si bons. Note Syntaxique Ce verbe se construit avec un complément direct. changer Conjugaison Le g est suivi d ’un e devant les lettres a et o. Il présagea, nous présageons.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

presage

pres age /présɪdʒ /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈悪いこと 〉を予感する, 予測する .名詞 C 前兆, 前触れ ; 胸騒ぎ .