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The definition of a presage is a feeling or warning about something that's going to happen. An example of a presage is a bomb threat being called in. a sign or warning of a future event; omen; portent; augury. a foreboding; presentiment.
precursor - something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone. precursor. 1. forerunner, pioneer, predecessor, forebear, antecedent, originator Real tennis, a precursor of the modern game, originated in the eleventh century.