About The Word Foretoken

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Foretoken

Foretoken Meaning & Definition
Foretoken Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Foretoken?

[n] an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Foretoken: augury | preindication | sign

Related Terms | Find terms related to Foretoken: adumbration | augur | augury | auspice | badge | betoken | betokening | betokenment | bode | boding | divine | forebode | forerunner | foreshadow | foreshadowing | foreshow | foreshowing | foretokening | forewarning | harbinger | herald | hint | indicant | indicate | indication | inkling | intimation | mark | mean | note | omen | ostent | point to | portend | portent | precursor | prefiguration | prefigure | preindicate | preindication | premonitory shiver | premonitory sign | premonitory symptom | presage | presign | presignal | presignify | presignifying | pretypify | prognostic | prognostication | promise | shadow | sign | signify | soothsay | spell | suggestion | symptom | token | tokening | type | typify | warning

See Also | experience | omen | portent | presage | prognostic | prognostication | war cloud

Foretoken In Webster's Dictionary

\Fore"to`ken\, n. [AS. foret[=a]cen. See {Token}.] Prognostic; previous omen. --Sir P. Sidney.
\Fore*to"ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foretokened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foretokening}.] [AS. foret[=a]cnian; fore + t[=a]cnian.] To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate. Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood. --Daniel.

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