foreboding

  • 71presage — {{11}}presage (n.) late 14c., something that portends, from L. praesagium a foreboding, from praesagire to perceive beforehand, forebode, from praesagus foreboding, from prae before + sagus prophetic, related to sagire perceive (see SAGACIOUS (Cf …

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  • 72presage — pres•age [[t]ˈprɛs ɪdʒ[/t]] v. [[t]also prɪˈseɪdʒ[/t]] v. aged, ag•ing, n. 1) to portend; foreshadow: The incidents may presage war[/ex] 2) to forecast; predict 3) to make a prediction 4) presentiment; foreboding 5) something that portends or… …

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  • 73boding — /ˈboʊdɪŋ/ (say bohding) noun 1. a foreboding; omen. –adjective 2. foreboding; ominous. {bode1 + ing1} –bodingly, adverb …

  • 74boding — [bōd′iŋ] n. [ME bodynge, bodunge < OE bodung < bodian,BODE1] an omen; foreboding adj. ominous; foreboding bodingly adv …

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  • 75ominous — [äm′ə nəs] adj. [L ominosus] of or serving as an omen; esp., having the character of an evil omen; threatening; sinister ominously adv. ominousness n. SYN. OMINOUS implies a threatening character but does not necessarily connote a disastrous… …

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  • 76pre|sag´ing|ly — pres|age «noun. PREHS ihj; verb. prih SAYJ», noun, verb, pre|saged, pre|sag|ing. –n. 1. a sign felt as a warning; omen. 2. a feeling that something is about to happen; presentiment; …

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  • 77pre|sag´er — pres|age «noun. PREHS ihj; verb. prih SAYJ», noun, verb, pre|saged, pre|sag|ing. –n. 1. a sign felt as a warning; omen. 2. a feeling that something is about to happen; presentiment; …

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  • 78pres|age — «noun. PREHS ihj; verb. prih SAYJ», noun, verb, pre|saged, pre|sag|ing. –n. 1. a sign felt as a warning; omen. 2. a feeling that something is about to happen; presentiment; …

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  • 79ZIONISM — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the word and its meaning forerunners ḤIBBAT ZION ROOTS OF ḤIBBAT ZION background to the emergence of the movement the beginnings of the movement PINSKER S AUTOEMANCIPATION settlement… …

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  • 80A dark horse — Dark Dark (d[aum]rk), a. [OE. dark, derk, deork, AS. dearc, deorc; cf. Gael. & Ir. dorch, dorcha, dark, black, dusky.] 1. Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of …

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