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presignify

[ pree-sig-nuh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

, pre·sig·ni·fied, pre·sig·ni·fy·ing.
  1. to signify or indicate beforehand; foretell.


presignify

/ priːˈsɪɡnɪˌfaɪ /

verb

  1. tr to signify beforehand; foreshadow; foretell
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of presignify1

1580–90;. < Latin praesignificāre to show beforehand. See pre-, signify
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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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