The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Presignify — Pre*sig ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presignified}; imp. & p. p. {Presignifying}.] [L. praesignificare; prae before + significare to signify.] To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Presignifying — Presignify Pre*sig ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presignified}; imp. & p. p. {Presignifying}.] [L. praesignificare; prae before + significare to signify.] To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
presignify — /pree sig neuh fuy /, v.t., presignified, presignifying. to signify or indicate beforehand; foretell. [1580 90;. < L praesignificare to show beforehand. See PRE , SIGNIFY] * * * … Universalium
foreshown — Synonyms and related words: augured, forecast, foreknown, foreseen, foreshadowed, foretokened, foretold, indicated, predicted, prefigured, preindicated, presaged, presignified, pretypified, prognosticated, promised, prophesied, signified,… … Moby Thesaurus
indicated — Synonyms and related words: assumed, augured, called for, essential, foreshadowed, foreshown, foretokened, hinted, implicated, implied, indispensable, inferred, intimated, involved, irreducible, irreductible, irreplaceable, meant, necessary,… … Moby Thesaurus
predicted — Synonyms and related words: approaching, augured, coming, desired, destinal, destined, determined, emergent, eventual, extrapolated, fatal, fated, fatidic, forecast, foreknown, foreseen, foreshadowed, foreshown, foretokened, foretold, forthcoming … Moby Thesaurus
presaged — Synonyms and related words: augured, forecast, foreknown, foreseen, foreshadowed, foreshown, foretokened, foretold, indicated, predicted, prefigured, preindicated, presignified, pretypified, prognosticated, promised, prophesied, signified,… … Moby Thesaurus
promised — Synonyms and related words: affianced, agreed, anticipated, arranged, assured, augured, awaited, betrothed, bound, committed, compacted, compromised, contracted, covenanted, due, engaged, expected, foreseen, foreshadowed, foreshown, foretokened,… … Moby Thesaurus
threatened — Synonyms and related words: augured, between two fires, cornered, endangered, foreshadowed, foreshown, foretokened, imperiled, in a predicament, in danger, in desperate case, in extremis, in jeopardy, indicated, jeopardized, on the spot,… … Moby Thesaurus
presignify — /priˈsɪgnəfaɪ/ (say pree signuhfuy) verb (t) (presignified, presignifying) to signify or indicate beforehand; foretell. {Latin praesignificāre} …
