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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.
Full Definition of PERUSE. transitive verb. 1. a: to examine or consider with attention and in detail: study b: to look over or through in a casual or cursory manner.2. : read; especially: to read over in an attentive or leisurely manner. â peÂ·rusÂ·al \-Ërue-ËrÃ¼\ zÉl. â nounÂ·peÂ·rus er. noun To refresh my memory of the old days, I asked for some Dailies of the thirties from the morgue, sat down at the large round oak table at the end of the editorial room on the second floor, and began riffling through the musty pages.