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presagement

presagement noun: the act or art of presaging; a foreboding.

Noun

presagement (countable and uncountable, plural presagements)

  1. The act or art of presaging; a foreboding.
    • The falling of Salt is an authenticke preſagement of ill lucke, nor can every temper contemne it, from whence notwithſtanding nothing can be naturally feared: […]1646, Thomas Browne, “Compendiouſly of many queſtionable cuſtomes, opinions, pictures, practiſes, and popular obſervations”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward...
  2. That which is presaged, or foretold.

Forms of presagement

pluralpresagements

Origin of presagement

From presage + -ment.

Questions about presagement

What does presagement mean?
Presagement means the act or art of presaging; a foreboding.
What part of speech is presagement?
Presagement is a noun.
What is the plural of presagement?
The plural of presagement is presagements.

Words near presagement in the dictionary

  1. presacrifice
  2. presacrificial
  3. presage
  4. presaged
  5. presageful
  6. presagement
  7. presagements
  8. presager
  9. presagers
  10. presages
  11. presagest

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