| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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presage
(n.) 1. presentiment, foreboding; 2. omen; 3. a prediction; (v.) 1. to portend, foreshadow; 2. to predict
A farmer once told me that rain on Sunday before 7 a.m. presages a second rainfall that week.
Latin root words: praesagio, praesagire, praesagivi - to perceive beforehand; praesagium, praesagi, n. - a presentiment, foreboding; praesagus, praesaga, praesagum - perceiving beforehand
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