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Webster 1913 Edition


Presager

Pre-sa′ger

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Noun.
One who, or that which, presages; a foreteller; a foreboder.
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Webster 1828 Edition


Presager

PRESA'GER

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Noun.
A foreteller; a foreshower.

Definition 2024


présager

présager

See also: presager

French

Verb

présager

  1. to predict, to foresee, foretell
  2. to forewarn
  3. to portend, be an omen of
  4. to bode

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written présage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.