presagement

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His teeming bosom beating is In wondrous spirit-flow; A presagement of future bliss Bespeaks the ardent glow.

From Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. by Hardenberg, Friedrich von

He must remember that, in 1642, Sir Henry Wotton “spent some inquiry whether the duke had any ominous presagement before his end,” but found no evidence. 

From The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by Lang, Andrew

Why should there be this presagement of harm?

From The King's Esquires The Jewel of France by Fenn, George Manville