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presages

presages is the plural of presage.

presages is the third-person singular simple present indicative of presage.

Meaning of presage

Noun

presage (plural presages)

  1. A warning of a future event; an omen.
    • 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.a. 1786, [Richard Glover], “Book the Twenty-eighth”, in [Mrs. Halsey], editor, The Athenaid, a Poem, […], volume III, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, […], published 1787, →OCLC, page 213, lines 354–357
  2. An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
    • Glad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage!1855, Robert Browning, “‘Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came.’”, in Men and Women […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, stanza 22, page 143

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Questions about presages

What is presages the plural of?
Presages is the plural of presage.

Words near presages in the dictionary

  1. presageful
  2. presagement
  3. presagements
  4. presager
  5. presagers
  6. presages
  7. presagest
  8. presageth
  9. presaging
  10. presagingly
  11. presagings

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