| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pre·sen·ti·ment |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pr -z n t -mnt |
| NOUN: | A sense that something is about to occur; a premonition. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Obsolete French, from presentir, to feel beforehand, from Latin praesent re : prae-, pre- + sentre, to feel; see sent- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | pre·sen ti·mental (-mntl) —ADJECTIVE
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