foretoken : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: foretoken	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for foretoken
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): augury, sign, foretoken, preindication
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foretoken \Fore"to`ken\, n. [AS. foret[be]cen. See {Token}.] Prognostic; previous omen. --Sir P. Sidney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foretoken \Foreto"ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foretokened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foretokening}.] [AS. foret[be]cnian; fore + t[be]cnian.] To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate. Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken* blood. --Daniel.