pres ‧ age /ˈpresɪdʒ, prəˈseɪdʒ/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: presage 'something that shows the future' (14-21 centuries) , from Latin praesagium , from praesagire , from sagire 'to understand clearly' ]
formal to be a sign that something is going to happen, especially something bad:
The large number of moderate earthquakes that have occurred recently could presage a larger quake soon.
—presage noun [countable] :
a presage of doom