The Collaborative International Dictionary
Presage \Pre*sage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Presaged (-s[=a]jd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Presaging. ] [F. pr['e]sager, L. praesagire: prae before + sagire to perceive acutely or sharply. See Sagacious.]
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
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To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate.
My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
n. A premonition or prognostication. vb. (present participle of presage English)
Usage examples of "presaging".
On this fresh, sweet summer morning, with the sun bright and warm, presaging a hot and glorious day, Lenore wanted to run with the winds, to wade through the alfalfa, to watch with strange and renewed pleasure the waves of shadow as they went over the wheat.
The morning was cool, sweet, fresh, with a red sun presaging a hot day.
The solemn, echoing mirth of The Shadow swept through the sanctum, presaging his departure.
Romans to dreams, and persons of disordered minds were supposed to possess the faculty of presaging future events.