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Definition of Foretoken
1. Noun. An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come. "It was a sign from God"
Generic synonyms: Experience
Specialized synonyms: War Cloud, Omen, Portent, Presage, Prodigy, Prognostic, Prognostication
Derivative terms: Inaugurate
Definition of Foretoken
1. n. Prognostic; previous omen.
2. v. t. To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate.
Definition of Foretoken
1. Noun. A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentment. ¹
2. Verb. To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning; presage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foretoken
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Foretoken
1. To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate. "Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood." (Daniel) Origin: AS. Foretacnian; fore + tacnian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foretoken
Literary usage of Foretoken
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti (1842)
"To have a foretoken of a change of weather by pains in a diseased part of the body.
Cantar misa, To say mags. Ese es otro rantar, That is another kind of ..."
2. A Dictionary for Primary Schools by Noah Webster (1838)
"Рог-tend', vt to foretoken. Рог-tent', я. an omen of ill. P or-tent'-о us, a.
foreboding, ominous. Port-er, я. one having charge of a gate, a carrier, ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"They misliked nothing more in king Edward th< Confessor, than that he was
Frenchified, and accounted the desire of foreign language then to be a foretoken ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"137, where a foretoken is misprinted afore token spelt ... + G. Vorzeichen.
From fort and token see Token. Der. foretoken, verb. ..."
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