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presentiment
 
SYLLABICATION:pre·sen·ti·ment
PRONUNCIATION:  pr-znt-mnt
NOUN: A sense that something is about to occur; a premonition.
ETYMOLOGY:Obsolete French, from presentir, to feel beforehand, from Latin praesentre : prae-, pre- + sentre, to feel; see sent- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:pre·senti·mental (-mntl) —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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