Presage



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 预感; v. 预示
• ［英］ n. 预感 ( an intuition or feeling of the future) ; v. 预示 ( foreshadow, foretell)
• ［类］ harbinger : presage / archetype : exemplify ( 预兆有预测作用 / 原型有示范作用)
• ［记］ pre ( 预先) +sage ( 智者, 智慧) -> 预知

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin praesagium, from praesagus having a foreboding, from prae- + sagus prophetic — more at seek
• Date: 14th century
• 1. something that foreshadows or portends a future event ; omen
• 2. an intuition or feeling of what is going to happen in the future
• 3. archaic prognostication
• 4. warning or indication of the future
• ? presageful adjective

II. verb (presaged; presaging)

• Date: 1562
• transitive verb
  • 1. to give an omen or warning of ; foreshadow
  • 2. foretell, predict
• intransitive verb
  • to make or utter a prediction
• ? presager noun, obsolete

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