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预感,预兆,预知成为…的前兆,预示,预言预言

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Presage \Pre*sage"\, v. i.
   To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of.
   --Dryden.

Presage \Pre"sage\, n. [F. pr['e]sage, 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} (-s[=a]jd");
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Presaging}. ] [F. pr['e]sager, 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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

presage
     n 1: a foreboding about what is about to happen
     2: a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen
        before going into battle" [syn: {omen}, {portent}, {prognostic},
         {prognostication}, {prodigy}]
     v : indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode},
          {portend}, {auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {omen}, {betoken},
          {foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell}, {prefigure}, {forecast},
          {predict}]
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