<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a presentiment or foreboding</li><li>something that portends or foreshadows a future event; an omen, prognostic, or warning indication</li><li>foresight; prescience</li><li>a forecast or prediction</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>premonition</li><li>indication</li><li>token</li><li>sign</li><li>portent</li><li>prophetic significance</li><li>augury</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>presaged</li><li>presag·ing</li><li>to have a presentiment of</li><li>to portend, foreshow, or foreshadow</li><li>The incidents may presage war</li><li>to forecast; predict</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>presaged</li><li>presag·ing</li><li>to make a prediction</li><li>Archaic: to have a presentiment</li></ul>