presage


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
presage /ˈprɛsɪdʒ/
verb also /prɪˈseɪdʒ/ be a sign or warning of (an imminent event).

archaic predict.

noun an omen or portent.

archaic a foreboding.

– derivatives
presager noun (archaic).
– origin ME (as n.): via Fr. from L. praesagium, from praesagire ‘forebode’, from prae ‘before’ + sagire ‘perceive keenly’.
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