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presagements

presagements is the plural of presagement.

Meaning of presagement

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.

Questions about presagements

What is presagements the plural of?
Presagements is the plural of presagement.

Words near presagements in the dictionary

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

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