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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Presaged p. pr. & vb. n. Presaging. ] [ F. présager, L. praesagire: prae before + sagire to perceive acutely or sharply. See Sagacious. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

1. The act or art of presaging; a foreboding. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is presaged, or foretold. [ R. ] “Ominous presagement before his end. ” Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, presages; a foreteller; a foreboder. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Foreboding; ominous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) One who has presbyopia; a farsighted person. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ety>[ NL., from Gr. &unr_; old, n., an old man + &unr_;, &unr_;, the eye. ] (Med.) A defect of vision consequent upon advancing age. It is due to rigidity of the crystalline lens, which produces difficulty of accommodation and recession of the near point of vision, so that objects very near the eyes can not be seen distinctly without the use of convex glasses. Called also presbytia. [ 1913 Webster ]