Ported vs Presage - What's the difference?
ported | presage |
(port)
(obsolete) Having gates.
A warning of a future event; an omen.
An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
To predict or foretell something.
* Shakespeare
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To make a prediction.
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
As verbs the difference between ported and presage
is that ported is past tense of port while presage is to predict or foretell something.As an adjective ported
is having gates.As a noun presage is
a warning of a future event; an omen.ported
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- We took the sevenfold-ported Thebes. — Chapman.
Anagrams
* * * *presage
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(presag)- My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
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