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The definition of a presage is a feeling or warning about something that's going to happen. An example of a presage is a bomb threat being called in. a sign or warning of a future event; omen; portent; augury. a foreboding; presentiment.
besetting. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to set or stud with or as if with ornaments a crown beset with rubies â¦ leaves, whose edges were beset with thorns â¦ â J. G. Frazer. 3  2 : trouble, harass inflation besets the economy. 4  3a : to set upon : assail the settlers were beset by savagesb : to hem in : surround a town beset with high mountains.