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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
presage .
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Examples
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“Yes;” and she asked, “To a merchant or to a passer-by? for my heart presageth a parting.”
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O King, verily Allah Almighty granteth thee thy wish and cooleth thine eyes; for the matter of this dream presageth all good, to wit, that the Lord will bless thee with a son, who shall inherit the Kingdom from thee, after thy long life.
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“Know, O my brethren (Allah preserve you!), that the wind hath gotten the better of us and hath driven us out of our course into mid-ocean, and destiny, for our ill luck, hath brought us to the Mountain of the Zughb, a hairy folk like apes,26 among whom no man ever fell and came forth alive; and my heart presageth that we all be dead men.”
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My dream presageth that I shall by marriage be stored with plenty of all manner of goods — the hornifying of me showing that I will possess a cornucopia, that Amalthaean horn which is called the horn of abundance, whereof the fruition did still portend the wealth of the enjoyer.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Know for a certain truth, that every sleep that endeth with a starting, and leaves the person irksome, grieved, and fretting, doth either signify a present evil, or otherwise presageth and portendeth a future imminent mishap.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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My soul is ashamed, my heart is angered for reason of this child, for will not the nobles say this boy presageth evil?
The Epic of Kings Firdausi 2002
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My dream presageth that I shall by marriage be stored with plenty of all manner of goods — the hornifying of me showing that I will possess a cornucopia, that Amalthaean horn which is called the horn of abundance, whereof the fruition did still portend the wealth of the enjoyer.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Nay, it is quite otherwise, quoth Panurge; for it is certain that this verse presageth that she will love me with a perfect liking.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Know for a certain truth, that every sleep that endeth with a starting, and leaves the person irksome, grieved, and fretting, doth either signify a present evil, or otherwise presageth and portendeth a future imminent mishap.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Nay, it is quite otherwise, quoth Panurge; for it is certain that this verse presageth that she will love me with a perfect liking.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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