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forethink | forethought | forethoughted | forethoughtful | foretime | foretoken | foretold | foretop | forever | forever and a day | forevermore

foretoken

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
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fore=to=ken

CIDE DICTIONARY

foretokenn. [AS. foretācen. See Token.].
     Prognostic; previous omen.  Sir P. Sidney.  [1913 Webster]
foretokenv. t. [AS. foretācnian; fore + tācnian.].
     To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate.  [1913 Webster]
    "Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood."

OXFORD DICTIONARY

foretoken, n. & v.
--n. a sign of something to come.
--v.tr. portend; indicate beforehand.

Etymology
OE foretacn (as FORE-, TOKEN)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

foretoken

Prediction

VB predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, advise, forewarn, presage, augur, bode, abode, forebode, foretoken, betoken, prefigure, preshow, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to, usher in, herald, premise, announce, lower, hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope, bid fair, promise, lead one to expect, be the precursor, extrapolate, project.


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