crystal-gazing vs presage

crystal-gazing

noun
  • The making of predictions about the future, especially when these are seen as very speculative. 

  • The action or practice of gazing into a crystal ball in the hope or belief of seeing the future. 

presage

noun
  • An intuition of a future event; a presentiment. 

  • A warning of a future event; an omen. 

verb
  • To make a prediction. 

  • To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow. 

  • To predict or foretell something. 

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