2. Verb. (third-person singular of presage) ¹
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Definition of Presages
1. presage [v] - See also: presage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Presages
Literary usage of Presages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daniel Defoe: His Life, and Recently Discovered Writings ; Extending from by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"On presages, &c. MJ, Feb. 6.—Mr. Mist, One of your Correspondents desiring your
Opinion on the Case of presages, I have penn'd some Thoughts with relation ..."
2. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: His Life and by Daniel Defoe, William Lee (1869)
"On presages, &c. MJ, Feb. 6.—Mr. Mist, One of your Correspondents desiring your
Opinion on the Case of presages, I have penn'd some Thoughts with relation ..."
3. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1876)
"... are happy presages tif the success which must attend the patriotic cause in
which they are engaged. May that noble spirit be ever continued as the ..."
4. Virginia: A History of the People by John Esten Cooke (1883)
"VIRGINIA was warned of what was coming by three ominous presages: one, " a large
comet streaming like a horse-tail westward ; " another, " Slights of wild ..."
5. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"... as somewhat lighter in purse, so much more merry in heart than when he came
thence. VI. presages OF THE APPROACHING RUIN OF ABBEYS. 1, 2. ..."
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