Middle English Dictionary Entry
prēsāǧe n.
Entry Info
Forms | prēsāǧe n. |
Etymology | L praesāgium |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
That which foretells or foreshadows a future event, an omen, a portent.
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1790 : He..seide how that was a presage Touchende unto that other Perse, Of that fortune him scholde adverse.
- a1500 Ashm.1447 Lapid.(Ashm 1447)p.58 : Thys..stoune..grovyth yn the mowthe of a snaylle..Philosopherys sayn that a tellyt the presagys that ben to cume.