Presage

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪdÊ’

Origin

From Middle French presage, from Latin praesagium.

Full definition of presage

Noun

1. A warning of a future event; an omen.
2. An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.

Verb

1. (transitive) To predict or foretell something.
• ShakespeareMy dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
• 2012, November 7, Matt Bai, Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past.
2. (intransitive) To make a prediction.
3. (transitive) To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.

Synonyms

• foreshadow
• portend