foretoken

foretoken
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • foretoken — n Foretoken, presage, prognostic, omen, augury, portent are comparable when meaning something (as an event, a phenomenon, or a condition) that serves as a sign of future happenings. Foretoken, the general term, is applicable to anything… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Foretoken — 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. [1913 Webster] Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood. Daniel …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Foretoken — Fore to ken, n. [AS. foret[=a]cen. See {Token}.] Prognostic; previous omen. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • foretoken — index caveat, harbinger, herald, indicant, indicate, indication, portend, predict, premonition …   Law dictionary

  • foretoken — [fôr′tō΄kən; ] for v. [ fôr tō′kən] n. [ME foretokne < OE foretacn: see FORE & TOKEN] a prophetic sign; omen; prognostic vt. to be a prophetic sign or omen of; foreshadow …   English World dictionary

  • foretoken — I. noun Date: before 12th century a premonitory sign II. transitive verb (foretokened; foretokening) Date: 15th century to indicate or warn of in advance …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • foretoken — n. /fawr toh keuhn, fohr /; v. /fawr toh keuhn, fohr /, n. 1. a sign of a future event; omen; forewarning. v.t. 2. to foreshadow. [bef. 900; ME fortokne, OE foretacn. See FORE , TOKEN] * * * …   Universalium

  • foretoken — 1. noun A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentment. 2. verb To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; …   Wiktionary

  • foretoken — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. omen. v. t. foreshadow. See prediction. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To give an indication of something in advance: adumbrate, augur, bode, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretell, portend,… …   English dictionary for students

  • foretoken — Ps. lxxvii. 43 …   Oldest English Words

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