presage

n 1: a foreboding about what is about to happen

2: a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen

before going into battle" [syn: {omen}, {portent}, {prognostic}]

v : indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode},

{portend}, {auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {omen}, {betoken},

{foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell}, {prefigure}, {forecast},

{predict}]