1. to signify or indicate beforehand; to foreshadow
Usage: formal; rare

Examples

• The dark clouds presignify an approaching storm.
• In literature, certain symbols presignify the hero’s downfall.
• The economist argued that inflation presignifies economic instability.
• Ancient cultures believed that eclipses presignify major changes.
• The author’s early work presignifies themes that would dominate her later novels.