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presignify
[ pree-sig-nuh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to signify or indicate beforehand; foretell.
presignify
/ priːˈsɪɡnɪˌfaɪ /
verb
- tr to signify beforehand; foreshadow; foretell
Word History and Origins
Origin of presignify1
Example Sentences
But a bright destiny was yet in reserve for Quodlibet; and as I propose to unfold some incidents of its history belonging to these later times, I cannot pretermit the opportunity now afforded me to glance, though in a perfunctory and hasty fashion, at some striking events which seemed to presignify and illustrate its marvelously sudden growth.
Presignify, prē-sig′ni-fī, v.t. to signify beforehand.—n.
Let not my sufferings Presignify unhappiness to thee, Nor blacken with their shade the fate that waits thee.
Let not my sufferings Presignify unhappiness to thee, Nor blacken with their shade the fate that waits thee.
Antonyms: native, indigene, citizen. foreign word, plant, or custom. exoticism, exotic. foreknowledge, n. prescience. foremilk, n. colostrum. foreordain, v. preordain, predestinate, foredoom, predetermine. foreordination, n. predestination, predetermination. forerun, v. precede, herald. forerunner, n. precursor, harbinger, herald, avant-courier. foreshadow, v. presage, presignify, prognosticate, prefigure, augur. foresight, n. prescience, foreknowledge, prudence. foreskin, n. prepuce.
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