Wednesday, September 24, 2008

PRESAGE

foretell

/a foreboding about what is about to happen

a sign of something about to happen
SYN - omen, portent, prodigy, prognostic

indicate by signs
SYN - augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, prognosticate

"He knew the weatherw as just a presage to their upcoming adventure."

"They should have heeded the warning contained in this presage, but they had been to pluck to be deterred."

"She tried not to think of each of these actions by him as presages indicating a collapse in their relationship but the thought kept creeping into her head."

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