‖n. [ It. See Emprise, and cf. Impress, n., 4. ] (Her.) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the like.
My impresa to your lordship; a swain
Flying to a laurel for shelter. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
n. [ F. présage, L. praesagium, from praesagire. See Presage, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
If there be aught of presage in the mind. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of presages; ominous. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dark in the glass of some presageful mood. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, presages; a foreteller; a foreboder. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Foreboding; ominous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]