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Foretoken  v. t.  (past & past part. foretokened; pres. part. foretokening)  To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate. "Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood."






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... who predicts] oracle &c. 513. V. predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate[obs3], tell fortunes; cast a horoscope, cast a nativity; advise; forewarn &c. 668. presage, augur, bode; abode, forebode; foretoken, betoken; prefigure, preshow[obs3]; portend; foreshow[obs3], foreshadow; shadow forth, typify, pretypify[obs3], ominate[obs3], signify, point to. usher in, herald, premise, announce; lower. hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope; bid fair, promise, lead ...
— Roget's Thesaurus



Words linked to "Foretoken" :   sign, augury, presage, preindication, prognostic, prognostication, experience, portent, prodigy, war cloud, omen



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