Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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presage \PRES-ij; pri-SEYJ\, noun:
presage \PRES-ij; pri-SEYJ\, noun:
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1. An indication or warning of a future event; an omen.
1. An indication or warning of a future event; an omen.
2. A feeling or intuition of what the future holds.
3. Prophetic significance.
4. [Archaic] A prediction; a prognostication.
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transitive verb:
transitive verb:
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1. To indicate or warn of beforehand; to foreshadow.
2. To have a presentiment of.
3. To predict; to foretell.
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intransitive verb:
intransitive verb:
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1. To make or utter a prediction.
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The events leading up to the attempted Christmas Day bombing by the Nigerian terrorist were full of presage, yet they were utterly ignored by the B.O., his idiotic Director of Homeland [In]Security Janet Napolitano, and the rest of his hand-picked politburo!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Presage is derived from Latin praesagium, "presentiment," from praesagus "having a presentiment," from prae-, "before" + sagus, "prophetic."
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