presage

/ˈpre-sij/

Middle English, from Latin praesagium, from praesagus having a foreboding, from prae- + sagus prophetic

noun

  1. something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen

  2. an intuition or feeling of what is going to happen in the future

  3. prognostication

verb

  1. to give an omen or warning of : foreshadow

  2. foretell, predict

  3. to make or utter a prediction