Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to presage
Participle: presaged
Gerund: presaging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | presage |
| you | presage |
| he;she;it | presages |
| we | presage |
| you | presage |
| they | presage |
Perfect
| I | have presaged |
| you | have presaged |
| he;she;it | has presaged |
| we | have presaged |
| you | have presaged |
| they | have presaged |
Past
| I | presaged |
| you | presaged |
| he;she;it | presaged |
| we | presaged |
| you | presaged |
| they | presaged |
Pluperfect
| I | had presaged |
| you | had presaged |
| he;she;it | had presaged |
| we | had presaged |
| you | had presaged |
| they | had presaged |
Future
| I | will presage |
| you | will presage |
| he;she;it | will presage |
| we | will presage |
| you | will presage |
| they | will presage |
Future Perfect
| I | will have presaged |
| you | will have presaged |
| he;she;it | will have presaged |
| we | will have presaged |
| you | will have presaged |
| they | will have presaged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | presage |
| you | presage |
| he;she;it | presage |
| we | presage |
| you | presage |
| they | presage |
Perfect
| I | have presaged |
| you | have presaged |
| he;she;it | have presaged |
| we | have presaged |
| you | have presaged |
| they | have presaged |
Imperfect
| I | presaged |
| you | presaged |
| he;she;it | presaged |
| we | presaged |
| you | presaged |
| they | presaged |
Pluperfect
| I | had presaged |
| you | had presaged |
| he;she;it | had presaged |
| we | had presaged |
| you | had presaged |
| they | had presaged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would presage |
| you | would presage |
| he;she;it | would presage |
| we | would presage |
| you | would presage |
| they | would presage |
Perfect
| I | would have presaged |
| you | would have presaged |
| he;she;it | would have presaged |
| we | would have presaged |
| you | would have presaged |
| they | would have presaged |
Imperative
| you | presage |
| we | Let's presage |
| you | presage |
Verbs conjugated like 'presage'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'presage'
præsage,
pregage,
passage,
preace,
prease,
prebake,
predate,
preface,
prefade,
pregame,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to know something in advance
- anticipate, augur, call, divine, foresee, foreshadow, foretell, predict, prophesy
- foretell
- forecast, foreshadow, prophesy, portend, predict
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1390 (n.) "something that portends," from L. præsagium "a foreboding," from præsagire "to perceive beforehand, forebode," from præsagus "foreboding," from præ- "before" + sagus "prophetic," related to sagire "perceive" (see sagacious). The verb is first attested 1562, from M.Fr. présager (16c.), from présage "omen," from L. præsagium.
2. From Middle English presage, from Latin praesāgium.
Sample Sentences
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If I may truſt the flattering truth of ſleepe, / My dreames preſage ſome ioyfull newes at hand : / My boſomes L. ſits lightly in his throne : / And all this day an vnaccuſtom’d ſpirit, / Lifts me aboue the ground with cheatfull thoughts […] [(Q2 version)]
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That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past. [2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a second term, Obama will confront familiar headwinds”, in The New York Times:]