Presage
Presage , noun
[French présage, Latin praesagium, from praesagire. See Presage, transitive verb ]
1.
Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury.
Joy and shout -- presage of victory.
2.
Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment.
If there be aught of presage in the mind.
Presage , transitive verb
[French présager, Latin praesagire: prae before + sagire to perceive acutely or sharply. See Sagacious.]
1.
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
2.
To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate.
My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
Presage , intransitive verb
To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of. — Dryden