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View synonyms for foretoken

foretoken

[ noun fawr-toh-kuhn, fohr-; verb fawr-toh-kuhn, fohr- ]

noun

  1. a sign of a future event; omen; forewarning.


verb (used with object)

  1. to foreshadow.

foretoken

noun

  1. a sign of a future event


verb

  1. tr to foreshadow

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Word History and Origins

Origin of foretoken1

before 900; Middle English fortokne, Old English foretācn. See fore-, token

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Example Sentences

These signs infallibly foretoken the approaching transformation.

What are the literary tidings from modern Greece that seem to foretoken close at hand a signal renascence of Greek literature?

Small numbers are not a sign of weakness and do not foretoken defeat.

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