LekhoriLekhoriA 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.
An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
Glad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage!
To predict or foretell something.
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 […]
To make a prediction.
From Middle English presage, from Latin praesāgium.
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To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.