[pres.age] n [ME, fr. L praesagium, fr. praesagus having a foreboding, fr. prae- + sagus prophetic--more at seek] (14c) 1: something that foreshadows or portends a future event: omen
2: an intuition or feeling of what is going to happen in the future 3 archaic: prognostication
4: warning or indication of the future -- pre.sage.ful adj
[2]pre.sage vb pre.saged ; pre.sag.ing vt (1562) 1: to give an omen or warning of: foreshadow
2: foretell, predict ~ vi: to make or utter a prediction -- pre.sag.er n, obs