Presageful

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.