Dictionary entry

Presage (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pre‐sage″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Presaged (–sājd″); p. pr. & vb. n.Presaging.] [F. présager, L. praesagire: prae before + sagire to perceive acutely or sharply. See Sagacious.]

1. To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.

2. To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate.

My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. Shak.