What does "presage" mean?

A warning of a future event; an omen.

What is a synonym for "presage"?

Common synonyms include: foreshadow, omen, portend, portent, actuarial prediction, adumbrate.

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
A warning of a future event; an omen.
"Speak frankly, Mirzes—nor believe thy words, / Whatever black preſages they contain, / Subjoin'd to all Trophonius hath foretold, / Can change my firm reſolves, or blunt my ſword."
2
a sign of something about to happen wordnet
3
An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
"Glad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage!"
4
a foreboding about what is about to happen wordnet

Verb

1
To predict or foretell something. transitive
"If I may truſt the flattering truth of ſleepe, / My dreames preſage ſome ioyfull newes at hand : / My boſomes L. ſits lightly in his throne : / And all this day an vnaccuſtom’d ſpirit, / Lifts me aboue the ground with cheatfull thoughts […]"
2
indicate, as with a sign or an omen wordnet
3
To make a prediction. intransitive
4
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow. transitive

"A crow's cry at midnight was said to presage death in the village."

From Middle English presage, from Latin praesāgium.