Foretoken

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  • transitive verb. To indicate or give warning of beforehand; presage.
  • noun. An advance sign; a warning.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A prognostic; a premonitory sign.
  • To be-token beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Prognostic; previous omen.
  • transitive verb. To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentment.
  • verb. To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning; presage.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
    • Word Usage
    "Yet in that short, hopeful moment, she had felt him so near to her that it was as if his spirit had floated over the sea unto her, -- what is called a foretoken (_pressigne_) in Breton land; and she listened still more attentively to the steps outside, trusting that some one might come to her to speak of him."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    experience  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    omen  portent  presage  prodigy  prognostic  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    adumbration  augur  augury  auspice  badge  
    verb-form
    foretokened  foretokening  foretokens  
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