présager — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bode verb To be a sign that something (usually bad) will happen; to portend.
- foreshadow verb To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.
- harbinger noun A person or sign that shows something is about to happen, especially something important.
- portend verb To serve as a warning or omen of.
- presage noun A warning of a future event; an omen.
- prognosticate verb To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.
Senses
présager is used for these senses in English:
- bode (ambitransitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
- foreshadow (transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance. [from 16th c.]
- harbinger (transitive) To announce or precede; to be a harbinger of.
- portend (transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of.
- prognosticate (transitive) To presage, betoken.
foreshadow — full definition
- verb To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.
- verb Of a person: to have an intuition or premonition about (something); to forebode.