[ˈprɛsɪdʒ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- be a sign or warning of (an imminent event, typically an unwelcome one)
(e.g: the heavy clouds above the moorland presaged snow)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): via French from Latin praesagium, from praesagire ‘forebode’, from prae ‘before’ + sagire ‘perceive keenly’

[ˈprɛsɪdʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an omen or portent
(e.g: the fever was a sombre presage of his final illness)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): via French from Latin praesagium, from praesagire ‘forebode’, from prae ‘before’ + sagire ‘perceive keenly’