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1. A foreboding about what is about to happen
    
2. A sign of something about to happen
   "he looked for a presage before going into battle";
   - omen, portent, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy

1. Be a sign of something to come, esp. something important or bad
   "These signs presage bad news";
   - bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, betoken [archaic], foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict, foretoken

Derived forms: presaging, presaged, presages

Type of: augury, bespeak, betoken [archaic], boding, foreboding, foretoken [literary], indicate, point, premonition, presentiment, sign, signal

Encyclopedia: Presage