v.
(of an event) be a sign or warning that (something, typically something bad) will happen: the outcome of the game presaged the coming year n.
a sign or warning that something, typically something bad, will happen; an omen or portent: the fever was a somber presage of his final illness
Oxford American Dictionary
v.
be a sign or warning of (an imminent event, typically an unwelcome one): the heavy clouds above the moorland presaged snow n.
an omen or portent: the fever was a sombre presage of his final illness
Oxford Dictionary