Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: augury, preindication, sign

See Also: experience, omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, war cloud

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