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Meaning of Presage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈpɹɛsɪdʒ

Definitions

  1. A warning of a future event; an omen.
  2. An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.

Equivalents

Examples

“Speak frankly, Mirzes—nor believe thy words, / Whatever black preſages they contain, / Subjoin'd to all Trophonius hath foretold, / Can change my firm reſolves, or blunt my ſword.”
“Glad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage!”

CEFR level

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