presage

pres·age  (prsj)

n.

1. An indication or warning of a future occurrence; an omen.

2. A feeling or intuition of what is going to occur; a presentiment.

3. Prophetic significance or meaning.

4. Archaic A prediction.

v. (pr-sj, prsj) pre·saged, pre·sag·ing, pre·sag·es

v.tr.

1. To indicate or warn of in advance; portend.

2. To have a presentiment of.

3. To foretell or predict.

v.intr.

To make or utter a prediction.

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[Middle English, from Latin praesgium, from praesgre, to perceive beforehand : prae-, pre- + sgre, to perceive; see sg- in Indo-European roots.]

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pre·sageful (pr-sjfl) adj.

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presage [press-ij]

Verb

[-aging, -aged]

to be a warning or sign of something about to happen: the windless air presaged disaster

Noun

1. an omen

2. a misgiving [Latin praesagire to perceive beforehand]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	presage - a foreboding about what is about to happen boding, foreboding, premonition, presentiment - a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"
	2.	presage - a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" omen, portent, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy augury, foretoken, preindication, sign - an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God" auspice - a favorable omen foreboding - an unfavorable omen death knell - an omen of death or destruction
Verb	1.	presage - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" augur, auspicate, bode, omen, portend, foreshadow, predict, prefigure, prognosticate, betoken, forecast, foretell threaten - to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens" bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal, point - be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" foreshow - foretell by divine inspiration

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presage

verb 1. portend, point to, warn of, signify, omen, bode, foreshadow, augur, betoken, adumbrate, forebode, foretoken

noun 2. omen, sign, warning, forecast, prediction, prophecy, portent, harbinger, intimation, forewarning, prognostication, augury, prognostic, auspice