presaging Definition

presage
verb presaged, presaging

1. To warn of or be a warning sign of something; to foreshadow, forebode or portend.

Thesaurus: predict, forecast, foretell, prognosticate, prophesy, portend, foresee, foreshadow, forewarn, signify, soothsay, augur, divine, warn.
2. To have a premonition about something.

noun

formal or literary:
1. A portent, warning or omen.

Thesaurus: omen, portent, sign, warning, harbinger, prophecy, prediction, prognostication, augury, intimation.
2. A premonition.

Thesaurus: feeling, foreboding, presentiment, premonition, misgiving, apprehension.

Derivative: presageful
adj

Derivative: presager
noun

Etymology: 14c: from French présage, from Latin praesagium, from praesagire to forebode.