presage

Etymology

From Middle English presage, from Latin praesāgium.

noun

1. A warning of a future event; an omen.
2. An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.

verb

1. (transitive) 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 […] (Q2 version)
   That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past. November 7, 2012, Matt Bai, “Winning a second term, Obama will confront familiar headwinds”, in The New York Times
2. (intransitive) To make a prediction.
3. (transitive) To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.