presagire — 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.
- oracle noun In ancient religion, a shrine or priest through whom a god was believed to answer questions or give prophecy — or the prophecy itself.
- portend verb To serve as a warning or omen of.
- spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
Senses
presagire 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.
- forebode To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
- foreshadow (transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance. [from 16th c.]
- harbinger (transitive) To announce or precede; to be a harbinger of.
- oracle (obsolete) To utter oracles or prophecies.
- portend (transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of.
- spell (transitive) To indicate that (some event) will occur; typically followed by a single-word noun. [from 19th c.]
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.