n. 25B6; verb the owl's hooting presages death : PORTEND, augur, foreshadow, foretell, prophesy, be an omen of, herald, be a sign of, be the harbinger of, warn of, be a presage of, signal, bode, promise, threaten; poetic/literary betoken, foretoken, forebode.
25B6; noun a sombre presage of his final illness : OMEN, sign, indication, portent, warning, forewarning, harbinger, augury, prophecy, foretoken.