Presage vs Predetermine - What's the difference?
presage | predetermine |
A warning of a future event; an omen.
An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
To predict or foretell something.
* Shakespeare
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times
, passage=That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past. }}
To make a prediction.
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
To determine or decide in advance.
To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.
In transitive terms the difference between presage and predetermine
is that presage is to have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow while predetermine is to doom by previous decree; to foredoom.As a noun presage
is a warning of a future event; an omen.presage
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(presag)- My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
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