New Word A Day

Presage

Pronounced:
< press-edge >

A feeling about something that will happen.  Intuition.

Daily use: 
I have a presage that this will be a good meeting.  We always good meetings on Friday.

Common use:
The lawyer had a presage that the judge would acquit his client.

Literary use:
Walter Scott
...obtained the character originally, have been at least generally received as matters of ominous presage;
 

Memory trick:
presage

pre (reminds of ) = before
sage (means) = a person who predicts things

pre-tells of before - the sage

Listen: Presage